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Hermogenes

The name Hermogenes means “begotten of Mercury.” Hermogenes is mentioned in 1 verse of the Bible, first in 2 Timothy 1:15.

Who was Hermogenes?

Mercury-born, at one time Paul’s fellow-labourer in Asia Minor, who, however, afterwards abandoned him, along with one Phygellus, probably on account of the perils by which they were beset (2 Tim. 1:15).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Hermogenes

  • 2 Timothy 1:15

    This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.