Bible Person
Meaning: a native of Achaia; sorrowing; sad · Male · 1 cross reference
Achaicus is one of the Corinthian believers who visits Paul with Stephanas and Fortunatus. He belongs to the trusted relational network through which the apostle stays connected to the church at Corinth. First appears in 1 Cor 16:17.1
AI summary: Achaicus matters because his single cross reference places him among the companions whose visit refreshes Paul and helps bridge communication with a troubled congregation. The entry shows that pastoral care in the early church depended on real people carrying questions, presence, and encouragement across distance. Taken together, the material presents Achaicus as a valued intermediary in Paul's relationship with Corinth.1
Central Figure
Achaicus
Meaning: a native of Achaia; sorrowing; sad
(1 Cor.
(1 Cor. 16:17), one of the members of the church of Corinth who, with Fortunatus and Stephanas, visited Paul while he was at Ephesus, for the purpose of consulting him on the affairs of the church. These three probably were the bearers of the letter from Corinth to the apostle to which he alludes in 1 Cor. 7:1. 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.