Mercurius
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Mercurius (1 Occurrence)

Acts 14:12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. (KJV WBS)

Thesaurus
Mercurius (1 Occurrence)
... speaker.". Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MERCURY; MERCURIUS. mur ... ANCIENT. MO
Evans. Multi-Version Concordance Mercurius (1 Occurrence). Acts ...
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Mercury (1 Occurrence)
... spinach, in Europe. 7. (vt) To wash with a preparation of mercury. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MERCURY; MERCURIUS. mur'-ku-ri ...
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Mercilessly (2 Occurrences)

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Hermes (2 Occurrences)
... HERMES (1). hur'-mez (Hermes): In the Revised Version margin of Acts 14:12 for
"Mercury" in text (the King James Version "Mercurius"). HERMES (2). ...
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Barnabas (33 Occurrences)
... The people at Lystra named Paul, because of his fervid oratory, Mercurius, while
the quiet dignity and reserved strength of Barnabas gave him the title of ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names
Mercurius

an orator; an interpreter

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Mercurius

(herald of the gods), properly Hermes, the Greek deity, whom the Romans identified with their Mercury, the god of commerce and bargains. Hermes was the son of Zeus (Jupiter) and Maia the daughter of Atals, and is constantly represented as the companion of his father in his wandering upon earth. The episode of Baucis and Philemon, Ovid, Metam . viii. 620-724, appears to have formed part of the folk-lore of Asia Minor, and strikingly illustrates the readiness with which the simple people of Lystra recognized in Barnabas and Paul the gods who, according to their wont, had come down in the likeness of men. (Acts 14:11)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
MERCURY; MERCURIUS

mur'-ku-ri, mer-ku'ri-us: The translation of Hermes, in Acts 14:12: "They called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker." Hermes was the god of eloquence (and also of theft), the attendant, messenger and spokesman of the gods. The more commanding presence of Barnabas (compare 2 Corinthians 10:10) probably caused him to be identified with Zeus (the Roman Jupiter), while his gift of eloquence suggested the identification of Paul with Hermes (the Roman Mercury). The temple of Jupiter was before Lystra, and to him the Lycaonians paid their chief worship. Compare the legend of Baucis and Philemon (Ovid, Metam. viii.611).

See HERMES; JUPITER; GREECE, RELIGION IN ANCIENT.

M. O. Evans

Easton's Bible Dictionary
The Hermes (i.e., "the speaker") of the Greeks (Acts 14:12), a heathen God represented as the constant attendant of Jupiter, and the god of eloquence. The inhabitants of Lystra took Paul for this god because he was the "chief speaker."

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