Bible Dictionary
Urbanus
Urbanus is the Greek form of Urbane. He was a Christian worker in Rome whom Paul greeted as a fellow worker in Christ.
Definition
Urbanus is the Greek form of Urbane. He was a member of the Christian community at Rome and a trusted worker in Christ.
Biblical Usage
Paul sent greetings to Urbanus and called him “our fellow-worker in Christ,” indicating his service among the Roman believers.
Historical Background
Urbanus was a common slave name and appears in an inscription, dated in the supplied material to AD 115, alongside Ampliatus in a list of imperial freedmen.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
the form given in the Revised Version for Urbane.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ur-ba'-nus (Ourbanos; 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" (Ro 16:9). "The `our' (as opposed to `my,' Ro 16:3) seems to suggest that all Christian workers had a common helper in Urbanus" (Denney).</p>