Source : WordNet®

Philemon
     n 1: (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
     2: (New Testament) a Christian (probably living in Colossae)
        whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul
     3: a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul
        to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for
        escaping [syn: {Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon},
        {Epistle to Philemon}]