Lexical Summary Klēmēs: Clement, a Christian at Philippi Original Word: ΚλήμηςTransliteration: Klēmēs Phonetic Spelling: (klay'-mace) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Clement, a Christian at Philippi Meaning: Clement -- a Christian at Philippi Strong's Concordance Clement. Of Latin origin; merciful; Clemes (i.e. Clemens), a Christian -- Clement. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2815: ΚλήμηςΚλήμης (cf. Buttmann, 16f (15)), Κλήμεντος, ὁ, Clement, a companion of Paul and apparently a member of the church at Philippi: Philippians 4:3. According to the rather improbable tradition of the catholic church, he is identical with that Clement who was bishop of Rome toward the close of the first century; (but see Lightfoot's Commentary on Philippians, at the passage cited, 'Detached Note'; Salmon in Dict. of Chris. Biogr. i., 555f). |