noun · masculine
humenaios
GreekὙμέναιος (humenaios)
Strong’sG5211
Hymenaeus
stem humenai-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ὑμέναιος, -ου, ὁ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5211 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhoo-men-ah'-yos
"hymenæal"; Hymenæus, an opponent of Christianity
Fromfrom Ὑμήν (the god of weddings);
King JamesHymenæus.
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 | humenaios2×Ὑμέναιος | humenaiois |
| object accusative | humenaion | humenaioin |
| direct address vocative | humenaior | humenaioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | humenaiou | humenaioiu |
| to, for dative | humenaio | humenaioi |
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
humenaio 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
humenaios“Hymenaeus”subjectnominative singular2×
1 Timothy 1:20“Hymenaeus”hoiu atō Humenaios kai Alexandros, hoin paradōama to Satanao hina paideuileia mē blasfēmarō.Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
2 Timothy 2:17“Hymenaeus”kai tos logos autoiu hōs gangrainas noman echati; hoiu atō Humenaios kai Filētos,and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,