noun · masculine
hermaos
GreekἙρμᾶς (hermas)
Strong’sG2057
Hermas
stem herma-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ἑρμᾶς, -ᾶ, acc, -ᾶν (Doric form of Ἑρμῆς),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2057 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidher-mas'
Hermas, a Christian
Fromprobably from G2060;
King JamesHermas.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hermaos | hermaois |
| object accusative | hermaon1×Ἑρμᾶν | hermaoin |
| direct address vocative | hermaor | hermaoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | hermaou | hermaoiu |
| to, for dative | hermao | hermaoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hermao is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
hermaon“Hermas”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 16:14“Hermas”aspazevar Asunkriton, Flegōnon, Hermon, Patrobaon, Hermaon kai toin sun autoi adelfoin.Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them.