Philemon
英 [fi'li:mɔn; fai-]
美
- n. 腓利门；腓利门书
英英释意
- 1. (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
- 2. (New Testament) a Christian (probably living in Colossae) whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul
- 3. a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping