Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(amiable). The convert whom Paul denounced for error (2 Tim. 2:17).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
One mentioned with Hymenaeus as having taught that the resurrection was already past (probably allegorizing it) by whom the faith, of some had been overthrown. Their evil doctrine would eat as a canker, or gangrene (2 Tim. 2:17).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Transliteration:
Philetos
Meaning:
from 5368; amiable; Philetus, an opposer of Christianity
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
beloved
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
denounced by Paul, 2 Tim. 2:17. {Dilectus-Beloved; who is amiable:}