Fortunate, a disciple of Corinth who visited Paul at Ephesus, and returned with Stephanas and Achaicus, the bearers of the apostle’s first letter to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 16:17).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Person
Fortunatus
Name meaning: lucky, fortunate (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(fortunate) (1 Corinthians 16:17) one of the three Corinthians the others being Stephanas and Achaicus, who were at Ephesus when St. Paul wrote his first epistle. There is a Fortunatus mentioned in the end of Clement’s first epistle to the Corinthians, who was possibly the same person.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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