Philemon
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(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
Types & categories
- countryman instance hypernym
Related & opposite
- Greek mythology domain topic
Sense 2 noun
(New Testament) a Christian (probably living in Colossae) whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul
Types & categories
- Colossian instance hypernym
Related & opposite
- New Testament domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping
Types & categories
- Epistle instance hypernym
- New Testament instance hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | Greek mythology |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | countryman |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | New Testament |
| 2 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | Colossian |
| 3 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | Epistle |
| 3 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | New Testament |