Lexical Summary Erastos: "beloved", Erastus, the name of two Christians Original Word: ἜραστοςTransliteration: Erastos Phonetic Spelling: (er'-as-tos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: "beloved", Erastus, the name of two Christians Meaning: Erastus -- "beloved", the name of two Christians Strong's Concordance Erastus. From erao (to love); beloved; Erastus, a Christian -- Erastus. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2037: ἜραστοςἜραστος, Ἐραστου, ὁ, Erastus, (ἐραστός beloved, (cf. Chandler § 325; Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch., p. 30)), the name of two Christians: 1. the companion of the apostle Paul, Acts 19:22; 2. the city treasurer of Corinth, Romans 16:23. Which of the two is meant in 2 Timothy 4:20 cannot be determined. STRONGS NT 2037a: ἐραυνάωἐραυνάω, a later and especially Alexandrian (cf. Sturz, Dial. Maced. et Alex., p. 117) form for ἐρευνάω, which see. Cf. Tdf. edition 7 min. Proleg., p. 37; (the major edition, p. 34; especially ed. 8 Proleg., p. 81f); Buttmann, 58 (50). |
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