Erastus

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Erastus
     beloved. (1.) 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.


     
       (2.) 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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Erastus, lovely, amiable
  Erech; length; health; physic