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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2037 - Ἔραστος

Transliteration

Érastos

Phonetics

er'-as-tos

Origin

from erao (to love)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's
Erastus = "beloved"

a companion of the apostle Paul
the chamberlain or rather the public treasurer, of Corinth

Thayer
Strong
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Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (3)

Acts

Romans

2 Timothy

NAS (3)

Acts

Romans

2 Timothy

HCS (3)

Acts

Romans

2 Timothy

BSB (3)

Acts

Romans

2 Timothy

ESV (3)

Acts

Romans

2 Timothy

WEB (3)

Acts

Romans

2 Timothy

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐραστ-ός, ή, όν,

= ἐρατός,

beloved, lovely, in Prose the usual form, Pl. Smp. 204c, Phdr. 250d; also in [ Simon. ] 178.1; τόνδε δρόμον ποίησεν ἐραστόν IG 12.817: Comp., AP 12.197 (Strat.).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Έραστος , -ου , ὁ ,

Erastus;

1. a companion of St. Paul, Acts 19:22, and prob. 2 Timothy 4:20.

2. The treasurer of Corinth, Romans 16:23.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For this common name it is sufficient to refer to Syll 388 (A.D. 129) where we hear of an Ἔραστος, a shipowner of Ephesus.

List of Word Forms

εράσθητι Εραστον Ἔραστον Εραστος Ἔραστος εργάβ ηράσθη Eraston Éraston Erastos Érastos

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