Διοτρεφής
Diotrephēs
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Diotrephes
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Diotrephes is the named man who does not receive the writer and his companions in 3 John 1:9.
This name identifies the man who, in 3 John 1:9, is described as loving to be first among the assembly and not receiving the writer and his companions.
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A named man refusing reception · dominant
The nominative singular masculine form names the person who is the subject of the contrast in 3 John 1:9. In 3 John 1:9 the APB renders the clause, "Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not receive us."
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 3 John 1:9, the APB presents the term as the personal name "Diotrephes" within a clause about his refusal to receive the writer and companions.