Word Summary
Patrobas: "father's life", Patrobas, a Christian
Original Word: ΠατρόβαςTransliteration: Patrobas
Phonetic Spelling: (pat-rob'-as)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: "father's life", Patrobas, a Christian
Meaning: Patrobas -- "father's life", a Christian
Strong's Concordance
Patrobas.
Perhaps a contraction for Patrobios (a compound of pater and bios); father's life; Patrobas, a Christian -- Patrobas.
see GREEK pater
see GREEK bios
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3969: ΠατροβᾶςΠατροβᾶς (others,
Πατροβᾶς, as contracted from
πατροβιος; cf.
B. D., under the word;
Lightfoot on Philip., p. 176f;
Chandler § 32), accusative
Πατροβᾶν (cf.
Buttmann, 19f (17f);
Winers Grammar, § 8, 1),
Patrobas, a certain Christian:
Romans 16:14.