prudent; good counselor
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
EUBULUS.A leading member of the Christian community at Rome, who sends greeting to Timothy through St. Paul at the time of the second imprisonment (2Ti_4:21). His name is Greek, but nothing further is known of him.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
A Christian at Rome whose greeting Paul sends (2Ti_4:21). Some identify him with Aristobulus, the traditional first evangelist of Britain. Associated with Pudens and Claudia. (See PUDENS; CLAUDIA.)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Eubu'lus. (prudent). A Christian at Rome, mentioned by St. Paul. 2Ti_4:21. (A.D. 64).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ū̇-bū?lus (Εὔβουλος, Eúboulos, literally, ?of good counsel,? 2Ti_4:21): One of the members of the church in Rome at the time of Paul's second imprisonment in that city.
The apostle mentions how, at his first answer to the charges brought against him at the emperor's tribunal, the Roman Christians as a whole proved disloyal to him ?no one took my part, but all forsook me? (2Ti_4:16). In these circumstances when the desertion of Paul by the Christians in Rome was so disheartening, it is pleasing to find that there were some among them who were true, and Eubulus was one of these. Paul therefore in writing the last of all his epistles sends to Timothy a greeting from Eubulus.
Nothing more is known in regard to Eubulus. As his name is Greek, he was probably a Gentile by birth.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Eubulus
(Εὔβουλος, good in counsel), a Christian at Rome whose greeting Paul sent to Timothy during his last imprisonment (2Ti_4:21), A.D. 64.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.