Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun philemon

3 senses of philemon

Sense 1
Philemon -- ((Greek mythology) a simple countryman who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when they came to earth without revealing their identities in order to test people's piety)
       INSTANCE OF=> countryman, ruralist -- (a man who lives in the country and has country ways)

Sense 2
Philemon -- ((New Testament) a Christian (probably living in Colossae) whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul)
       INSTANCE OF=> Colossian -- (a native or inhabitant of the city of Colossae in ancient Phrygia)

Sense 3
Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon, Epistle to Philemon, Philemon -- (a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping)
       INSTANCE OF=> Epistle -- (a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle)
       INSTANCE OF=> New Testament -- (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)