Philetos is a masculine personal name identifying one of two men named in a warning about speech spreading like gangrene.

The attested use identifies a man named alongside Hymenaeus in a statement that their word will spread like gangrene.

1. Personal name in a warning · dominant

   In 2 Timothy 2:17, the nominative singular masculine form names one of the two people introduced after the clause about their word spreading like gangrene; the APB renders, "of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus."

   2 Timothy 2:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Timothy 2:17, the APB presents the name in "of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus." It confirms the naming context rather than supplying a lexical definition.