STACHYS stā’ kĭs (Στάχυς, “head of grain”). The uncommon Gr. name of a Rom. Christian to whom Paul sends greetings, calling him “my beloved” (Rom 16:9). A Stachys has been found in an inscr. linked to the imperial household at this time.

Bibliography J. B. Lightfoot, Epistle to the Philippians, rev. ed. (1953), 174.