Quick Definition
Ὑμέναιος, ου, ὁ n.m. Hymenaeus
Strong's Definition
from Humen (the god of weddings); "hymeneal"; Hymeneus, an opponent of Christianity
KJV Usage: Hymenaeus
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ὑμέναιος [on its accent cf. W. § 6, 1}.; Chandler 8 2581, -ov, 6, (Ὑμήν, -ένος, 6, the god of marriage), Hymenus, a heretic, one of the opponents of the apostle Paul: 1 Tim. i. 20; 2 Tim.ii.17. [B. Ὁ. 5. v.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Ὑμέναιος Hymenaios 2x
Hymenaeus, pr. name, 1 Tim. 1:20; 2 Tim. 2:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ὑμέναιος, -ου, ὁ Hymenæus: I Ti 1:20, II Ti 2:17.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Ὑμεναῖος (Humenaios) — Hymenaeus. ὑμέναι-ος [ῠ], ὁ, (Ὑμήν) the wedding or bridal song, sung by the bride's attendants as they led her to the bridegroom's house, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: Aeolic dialect ὐμήνᾰος [Refs 7th c.BC+]: a form ὑμήναιος in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2. wedding, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. ={Ὑμήν}, Hymen, the god of marriage, addressed in wedding-songs, frequently in Trag. and Comedy texts (Lyric poetry), Ὑμὴν ὦ Υμέναι᾽ ἄναζ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ὑμὴν ὦ Ὑμέναι᾽ Ὑμήν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect Ὑμὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; hence the two are used as one word, ὑμὴν ὑμέναιον ἀείδων [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
