Lexical Summary Patrobas: "father's life", Patrobas, a Christian Original Word: ΠατρόβαςTransliteration: Patrobas Phonetic Spelling: (pat-rob'-as) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: "father's life", Patrobas, a Christian Meaning: Patrobas -- "father's life", a Christian Strong's Concordance Patrobas. Perhaps a contraction for Patrobios (a compound of pater and bios); father's life; Patrobas, a Christian -- Patrobas. see GREEK pater see GREEK bios Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3969: ΠατροβᾶςΠατροβᾶς (others, Πατροβᾶς, as contracted from πατροβιος; cf. B. D., under the word; Lightfoot on Philip., p. 176f; Chandler § 32), accusative Πατροβᾶν (cf. Buttmann, 19f (17f); Winers Grammar, § 8, 1), Patrobas, a certain Christian: Romans 16:14. |