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    Erastus

    eh-RAS-tus

    Meaning

    Beloved; Desired

    Greek origin · Boy · First in Romans

    What it points to

    Erastus serves where stationed — the city chamberlain who salutes the saints, the beloved worker faithful in the place God assigns.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.”

    2 Timothy 4:20

    “Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.”

    Romans 16:23

    Most used in the 1880s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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