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Hermes
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Mercury, a Roman Christian (Rom. 16:14).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(Mercury), a Christian mentioned in (Romans 16:14) According to tradition he was one of the seventy disciples, and afterward bishop of Dalmatia. (A.D. 55.)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
HER'MES (Mercury), according to tradition, one of the Seventy, and afterward bishop of Dalmatia, Rom 16:14.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
HER'MES (Mercury), according to tradition, one of the Seventy, and afterward bishop of Dalmatia, Rom 16:14.
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. See Mercury.
2. Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue, under Terminal.