Bible Names

Philetus: meaning of the name

Philetus means “amiable; beloved.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Philetus in Hebrew and Greek

Φίλητος G5372

Phílētos — amiable; Philetus, an opposer of Christianity

from G5368 (φιλέω);

Who named Philetus in the Bible

Philetus in Scripture

“Philetus” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • 2 Timothy 2:17

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