'Erastus' definitions:
Definition of 'Erastus'
From: Easton
- Erastus beloved.
- The "chamberlain" of the city of Corinth (Rom. 16:23), and one of Paul's disciples. As treasurer of such a city he was a public officer of great dignity, and his conversion to the gospel was accordingly a proof of the wonderful success of the apostle's labours.
- A companion of Paul at Ephesus, who was sent by him along with Timothy into Macedonia (Acts 19:22). Corinth was his usual place of abode (2 Tim. 4:20); but probably he may have been the same as the preceding.
Definition of 'Erastus'
From: Hitchcock
- Erastus, lovely, amiable
Erech; length; health; physic