Philetus

A man, in the time of the New Testament · named in 1 verse

the name means amiable Strong's Lexicon

Philetus, along with Hymenaeus, was a false teacher who had strayed from the truth and taught that the resurrection had already taken place.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Amiable, with Hymenaeus, at Ephesus, said that the "resurrection was past already" (2 Tim. 2:17, 18). This was a Gnostic heresy held by the Nicolaitanes. (See ALEXANDER .)

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

First named at 2 Timothy 2:17.

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Verses that name Philetus

2 Timothy 2:17 and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,