Dict: easton - Philemon

easton:

Philemon @ an inhabitant of Colosse, and apparently a person of some note among the citizens kjv@Colossians:4:9; kjv@Philemon:1:2). He was brought to a knowledge of the gospel through the instrumentality of Paul

(19), and held a prominent place in the Christian community for his piety and beneficence (4-7). He is called in the epistle a "fellow-labourer," and therefore probably held some office in the church at Colosse; at all events, the title denotes that he took part in the work of spreading a knowledge of the gospel.