Patrobas
Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the
brethren which are with them....
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Parrobus of Pottole, sometimes Patrobos, Patrobus, or Patrobas
(Greek: Πατροβᾶς), is numbered among the Seventy Disciples. He
was Bishop of Neapolis (Naples) or of Pottole (cf. recounting
of Dorotheus below), and is referred to in Scripture when St.
Paul greets him in his letter to the Romans (16:14). The
Church remembers St. Patrobas on Novem...
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paternal; that pursues the steps of his father...
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pat'-ro-bas (Patrobas): The name of a member of the Christian
community at Rome to whom Paul sent greetings (Rom 16:14). The
name is an abbreviated form of "Patrobius." There was a
wealthy freedman of Nero of the same name who was put to death
by Galba (Tacitus, History i.49; ii.95). The Patrobas of Paul
may have been a dependent of his....
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(paternal),a Christian at Rome to whom St. Paul sends his
salutation. Ro 16:14 Like many other names mentioned in Roma
16 this was borne by at least one member of the emperor's
household. Suet. Galba. 20; Martial, Ep. ii. 32, 3. (A.D. 55.)...
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a Christian at Rome to whom Paul sent salutations (Rom.
16:14)....
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A Christian at, Rome (Romans 16:14) whom Paul salutes. A name
borne by a member of Caesar's household. (Suetonius, Galba 20;
Martial Ep. 2:32, section 3; compare Philemon 1:13; Philemon
4:22.)...
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