fortunatus Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
fortunatus in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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).
fortunatus in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(fortunate) #1Co 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.
fortunatus in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
FORTUNA'TUS , one of the three Corinthians, the others being Stephanus and Achaieus, who were at Ephesus when Paul wrote his first Epistle to the Corinthians, and who are mentioned in the postscript as the bearers of the Epistles. 1 Cor 16:17.
fortunatus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
(fohr tyoo' na tihss) Latin personal name meaning, "happy." Christian whose presence with Paul as he wrote 1 Corinthians pleased and renewed Paul (1 Corinthians 16:7). Fortunatus was apparently a member of the church at Corinth and brought Paul news from the church.