2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Mercurius 
  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." 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Mercurius,  an  orator;  an  interpreter 
 

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