Hermes

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) See Mercury.

(2): ( n.) 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.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

HERMES . One of those greeted in   Romans 16:14 , possibly a slave in Caesar’s household. Hermes was a very common slave’s name (Lightfoot, Philipp , p. 176).

A. J. Maclean.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Her'mes. (Mercury). See Hermas .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("saluted".)  Romans 16:14. One of the seventy, and bishop of Dalmatia afterward, according to tradition (?).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Christian at Rome saluted by Paul.  Romans 16:14 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Romans 16:14

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Acts 14:12

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Her´mes, the Mercurius of the Romans, was the messenger of the gods, and was equally characterized by adroitness of action and readiness of speech. He was also the customary attendant of Jupiter when he appeared on earth. These circumstances explain why the inhabitants of Lystra , as soon as ever they were disposed to believe that the gods had visited them in the likeness of men, discovered Hermes in Paul, as the chief speaker, and as the attendant of Jupiter.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( ῾Ερμῆς, i.e. the Greek Mercury [q.v. ]) the name of a man mentioned in the Epistle to the Romans as a disciple at Rome ( Romans 16:14). A.D. 55. "According to the Greeks," says Calmet (Dict. s.v.), "he was one of the seventy disciples, and afterwards bishop of Dalmatia." His festival occurs in their calendar upon April 8 (Neale, Eastern Church, 2, 774).

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

The Mercury of the Romans; in the Greek mythology the herald of the gods and the god of eloquence and of all kinds of cunning and dexterity in word and action; invented the lyre, the alphabet, numbers, astronomy, music, the cultivation of the olive, &c.; was the son of Zeus and Maia; wore on embassy a winged cap, winged sandals, and carried a herald's wand as symbol of his office.