Bible Dictionary
Urbane, Or Urbane
Urbane, or Urbanus, was a Christian in Rome whom Paul greeted. Paul called him a fellow worker in Christ.
Definition
Urbane, or Urbanus, was a Christian disciple associated with the church at Rome. His name is the Greek form of the Latin Urbanus.
Biblical Usage
Paul greets Urbanus in Romans and calls him a fellow worker in Christ.
Historical Background
The name means “of the city” or “polite.” The supplied material dates his greeting to the period of Paul’s letter to Rome.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary
(of the city; polite), the Greek form of the Latin Urbanus, as it is given in the Revised Version. He was a Christian disciple who is in the long list of those whom St. Paul salutes in writing to Rome. (Romans 16:9) (A.D. 55.)