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Urbanus

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ûr - bā´nus ( Οὐρβανός , Ourbanós ; the King James Version Urbane): A common slave name. Gifford says that it is found "as here, in juxtaposition with Ampliatus, in a list of imperial freedmen, on an inscription, 115 AD." He was a member of the Christian community at Rome to whom Paul sent greetings. Paul calls him "our fellow-worker in Christ" ( Romans 16:9 ). "The 'our' (as opposed to 'my,' Romans 16:3 ) seems to suggest that all Christian workers had a common helper in Urbanus" (Denney).

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Urbanus'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​u/urbanus.html. 1915.