noun · masculine
filēmōnos
GreekΦιλήμων (filēmōn)
Strong’sG5371
Philemon
stem filēmōn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
φιλήμων, -ονος, ὁ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5371 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfil-ay'-mone
friendly; Philemon, a Christian
Fromfrom G5368;
King JamesPhilemon.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | filēmōnos | filēmōnois |
| object accusative | filēmōnon | filēmōnoin |
| direct address vocative | filēmōnor | filēmōnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | filēmōnou | filēmōnoiu |
| to, for dative | filēmōno1×Φιλήμονι | filēmōnoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
filēmōno is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
filēmōno“Philemon”to, fordative singular1×
Philemon 1:1“Philemon”Paulos desmios Christou Iēsu kai Timotheos tos adelfos Filēmōno to agapēto kai sunergo nuPaul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,