Blastus

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Blastus: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

an official under Herod Agrippa I.

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that buds or brings forth

Greek

Strongs #986: blastov Blastos

Blastus = "sprout"

1) the chamberlain of Herod Agrippa I

986 Blastos blas'-tos

perhaps the same as the base of 985; Blastus, an officer of Herod
Agrippa:-Blastus.
see GREEK for 985

Blastus [EBD]

chamberlain to king Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:20). Such persons generally had great influence with their masters.

Blastus [NAVE]

BLASTUS, one of Herod's officers, Acts 12:20.

BLASTUS [SMITH]

(sprout), the chamberlain of Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:20)

BLASTUS [ISBE]

BLASTUS - blas'-tus (Blastos, "shoot"): The chamberlain of Herod Agrippa I, whose services as an intermediary between them and the king were gained by the people of Tyre and Sidon. These cities were dependent on Palestine for corn and other provisions, and when Herod, on the occasion of some commercial dispute, forbade the export of foodstuffs to Tyre and Sidon, they were at his mercy and were compelled to ask for peace. "Having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend," probably by means of a bribe, the Phoenician embassy was given an opportunity of setting their case before Herod (Acts 12:20 ff).

S. F. Hunter