How to Pronounce Hermas
HER-mas
Hermas is pronounced HER-mas (ˈhɜːrməs): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: HUHR-muhs.
What does Hermas mean?
Hermas means “Hermes, Mercury; gain; refuge”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Hermas?
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.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
HUHR-muhs
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