Bible Person
Meaning: a master of horses · Male · 2 cross references
Archippus is a Christian coworker associated with Philemon's house and the church life reflected in Colossians. He is addressed as a fellow soldier and urged to complete the ministry he has received in the Lord, while suggestions about his exact family relationship within Philemon's household remain inferential rather than explicit. First appears in Col 4:17.1
AI summary: Archippus matters because the cross references present him as a local church leader or worker whose ministry needs active perseverance. The public encouragement Paul gives him suggests that faithfulness in ordinary, ongoing service mattered deeply in apostolic communities. Taken together, the material presents Archippus as a Christian worker whose calling is affirmed and sharpened by direct apostolic exhortation.1
Central Figure
Archippus
Meaning: a master of horses
Master of the horse, a “fellow-soldier” of Paul’s (Philemon 1:2), whom he exhorts to renewed activity (Col.
Master of the horse, a “fellow-soldier” of Paul’s (Philemon 1:2), whom he exhorts to renewed activity (Col. 4:17). He was a member of Philemon’s family, probably his son. 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.