How to Pronounce Diotrephes
dee-AHT-rehf-ehz
Diotrephes is pronounced dee-AHT-rehf-ehz (daɪˈɑtrəfiːz): four syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: Die-AH-tref-ays, dye-AHT-ruh-feez.
What does Diotrephes mean?
Diotrephes means “nourished by Jupiter”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Diotrephes?
Jove-nourished, rebuked by John for his pride (3 John 1:9). He was a Judaizer, prating against John and his fellow-labourers “with malicious words” (7).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
Die-AH-tref-ays
dye-AHT-ruh-feez
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