Meaning of the name: lovely, amiable. Related names are: Miletum,
Corinth,
Trophimus (and others ...)
. The translations of Erastus in 73 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Erasto in Spanish to
ᐃᕌᔅᑕᓯᐅᑉ in Inuktitut!
So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. (ACT 19:22)
Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. (ROM 16:23)
Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick. (2TI 4:20)