spike or ear of corn
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
STACHYS.A Christian greeted by St. Paul in Rom_16:8.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
A Christian at Rome saluted by Paul in Rom_16:9 with the epithet "my beloved."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Sta'chys. A Christian at Rome, saluted by St. Paul, in the Epistle to the Romans. Rom_16:9. (A.D. 56).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
stā?kis (Στάχυς, Stáchus): The name of a Roman Christian to whom Paul sent greetings. The name is Greek and uncommon; it has been found in inscriptions connected with the imperial household. Paul designates him ?my beloved? (Rom_16:9).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Sta?chys, an unknown person, from his name apparently a Greek, a disciple at Rome, and a friend of Paul (Rom_16:9).
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
(Στάχυς, an ear of corn; occurs as a proper name in Gruter's Inscript. 689 a), a Christian at Rome, saluted by Paul in the Epistle to the Romans (Rom_16:9). A.D. 55. According to a tradition recorded by Nicephorus Callistus (H.E. 8, 6), he was appointed bishop of Byzantium by St. Andrew, held the office for sixteen years, and was succeeded by Onesimus. He is also said by Hippolytus and Dorotheus to have been one of the seventy disciples.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.