Word 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).