Hermas

A man, in the time of the New Testament · named in 1 verse

the name means Mercury Easton's Bible Dictionary

Hermas was a Christian in Rome to whom Paul sent greetings in his letter to the Romans.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Mercury, a Roman Christian to whom Paul sends greetings (Rom. 16: 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.

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

First named at Romans 16:14.

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Verses that name Hermas

Romans 16:14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them.