Acts 14:12
12They began callingἐκάλουνthenτετὸνBarnabasΒαρναβᾶνZeusΔία,τὸνandδὲPaulΠαῦλονHermesἙρμῆν,becauseἐπειδὴheαὐτὸςwasἦνtheὁleadingἡγούμενοςτοῦspeakerλόγου.
And Barnabas they began calling Zeus; and Paul, Hermes, because he was the leading speaker.
Vocab difficulty
72.6
Rare words
Δία
Ζεύς
Zeus, the Greek god of the sky in all its manifestations, corresponding to the Roman Jupiter and to the leading god of the native Lycaonians.
Ἑρμῆν
Ἑρμῆς
(a) Hermes, the messenger and herald of the Greek gods, or rather the corresponding Lycaonian deity, (b) Hermes, a Roman Christian.