GREEK · G5372
Φίλητος
Philētos — Philetus
φίλητός (T, Φιλητός), -ου, ὁ Philetus: 2Ti.2:17.† (AS)
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Philetus
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Historical dictionary entry
Amiable, with Hymenaeus, at Ephesus, said that the “resurrection was past already” (2 Tim. 2:17, 18). This was a Gnostic heresy held by the Nicolaitanes. (See ALEXANDER [4].)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.