GREEK · G5415
Φορτουνᾶτος
Phortounatos — Fortunatus
φορτούνατος (Rec. Φουρ-, see Mayser, 116 f.), -ου, ὁ (Lat.) Fortunatus: 1Co.16:17 (see Lft., Cl. Ro., 1Co., 59).† (AS)
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Fortunatus
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
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).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.