Bible Names

Hymeneus: meaning of the name

Hymeneus means “nuptial; the god of marriage.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Hymeneus in Scripture

“Hymeneus” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Timothy 1:20

    Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

  • 2 Timothy 2:17

    And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus;