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Philem. 23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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There salute
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
aspazomai (Greek #782)
to enfold in the arms, i.e. (by implication) to salute, (figuratively) to welcome
KJV usage: embrace, greet, salute, take leave.
Pronounce: as-pad'-zom-ahee
Origin: from 1 (as a particle of union) and a presumed form of 4685
thee
se (Greek #4571)
thee
KJV usage: thee, thou, X thy house.
Pronounce: seh
Origin: accusative case singular of 4771
Epaphras
Epaphras (Greek #1889)
Epaphras, a Christian
KJV usage: Epaphras.
Pronounce: ep-af-ras'
Origin: contracted from 1891
y, my
mou (Greek #3450)
of me
KJV usage: I, me, mine (own), my.
Pronounce: moo
Origin: the simpler form of 1700
fellowprisoner
sunaichmalotos (Greek #4869)
a co-captive
KJV usage: fellowprisoner.
Pronounce: soon-aheekh-mal'-o-tos
Origin: from 4862 and 164
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
Christ
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
Jesus
Iesous (Greek #2424)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
KJV usage: Jesus.
Pronounce: ee-ay-sooce'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03091)
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y
Col. 1:7• 7As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; (Col. 1:7)

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Christ,
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Ministry on This Verse

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Epaphras.
Col. 1:7• 7As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; (Col. 1:7)
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Col. 4:12• 12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. (Col. 4:12)
my fellow-prisoner.
Rom. 16:7• 7Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. (Rom. 16:7)
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Col. 4:10• 10Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;) (Col. 4:10)
• It was the prison, not the active journeying, to which (instrumentally) we are indebted for the deep revelations of the mind of God in the Epistles to the Ephesians and Colossians. And so it was in a lower degree with Paul and Epaphras—the prison deepened their fellowship one with the other. (“Philemon” by J.L. Harris)
• We find the names {v.23-24} again in the Epistle to the Colossians. There the Apostle says, “Onesimus, who is one of you”; so that, if it be the same, he was of Colosse. It seems likely, because there is Archippus also, who is exhorted to take heed to his ministry. If it be so, the fact that he speaks thus of Onesimus to the Christians at Colosse is another proof of his loving care for this new convert. He lays him thus upon the hearts of the assembly, sending his letter by him and Tychicus {Col. 4:7,9}. (“PHILEMON” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Epaphras salutes thee, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus;

W. Kelly Translation

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Epaphras, my fellow-captivea in Christ Jesus, saluteth thee;

WK Translation Notes

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It is not exactly desmios "prisoner," as Paul speaks of himself in this and in other Epistles.... Yet is it a word of force, and means a captive, or war prisoner. Certainly we hear of no external event in the conflicts of the gospel that furnishes a ground for such a title.