Bible Dictionary · H
Hermas
Mercury, a Roman Christian to whom Paul sends greetings (Rom 16:1–27: 14). Some suppose him to have been the author of the celebrated religious romance called The Shepherd, but it is very probable that that work is the production of a later generation.
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- Romans 16:14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
