| | Lexicon Erastos: "beloved," Erastus, the name of two ChristiansOriginal Word: Ἔραστος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, MasculineTransliteration: ErastosPhonetic Spelling: (er'-as-tos)Short Definition: ErastusDefinition: Erastus, steward of Corinth, a Christian. NAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Origin from eraó (to love)Definition "beloved," Erastus, the name of two ChristianNASB Translation Erastus (3). 
Thayer'sSTRONGS 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).   
 
 
 
Strong's Erastus.  From erao (to love); beloved; Erastus, a Christian -- Erastus.  | 
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