Onesimus

Latinized form of the Greek name Ονησιμος (Onesimos), which meant "beneficial, profitable". Saint Onesimus was an escaped slave of Philemon who met Saint Paul while in prison and was converted by him. Paul sent him back to Philemon carrying the epistle that appears in the New Testament.

EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GREEK: Onesimos
BIBLICAL GREEK: Onesimos
BIBLICAL LATIN: Onesimus
BIBLICAL: Onesimus
FRENCH: Onésime
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Onisimu
RUSSIAN: Anisim, Onisim