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Eutychus
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Fortunate, (Acts 20:9-12), a young man of Troas who fell through drowsiness from the open window of the third floor of the house where Paul was preaching, and was “taken up dead.” The lattice-work of the window being open to admit the air, the lad fell out and down to the court below. Paul restored him to life again. (Comp. 1 Kings 17:21; 2 Kings 4:34.)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(fortunate), a youth at Troas, (Acts 20:9) who sitting in a window, and having fallen asleep while St. Paul was discoursing, fell from the third story, and being taken up dead, was miraculously restored to life by the apostle.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
EU'TYCHUS (fortunate), the name of a young man who fell from the third story of a house where Paul was preaching in Troas, and was restored by him to life. Acts 20:9.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
happy; fortunate
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
EU'TYCHUS (fortunate), the name of a young man who fell from the third story of a house where Paul was preaching in Troas, and was restored by him to life. Acts 20:9.