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Phoebe
Biblical Persons & Places
Phoebe
Woman living at the time of the New Testament
A woman living at the time of the New Testament, first mentioned at Rom.16.1;
referred to as Phoebe (KJV= Phebe) (Φοίβη).
Strong's Definition
probably akin to the base of G5457 (φῶς)); Phœbe, a Christian woman
Derivation: feminine of (bright;
KJV Usage: Phebe
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Φοίβη, Φοιβης, ἡ (literally, 'bright', 'radiant'), Phoebe or Phebe, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae, near Corinth Rom_16:1 ((see διάκονος, 2 at the end)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Φοίβη Phoibē 1x
Phoebe, pr. name, Rom_16:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
φοίβη , -ης , ἡ ,
Phζbe , a deaconess of Cenchrζa: Rom_16:1 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Φοίβη [page 673]
This proper name (Rom. 16:1) is found as the name of a slave in P Flor I.50 61 (A.D. 268): cf. Syll 369 (= 3 805) 10 (c. A.D. 54) Κλαυδία Φοίβη τὸν ἑαυτῆς ἄνδρα καὶ εὐεργέτην ἀρετῆς ἕνεκα καὶ εὐνοίας , Magn 122 (a) 11 (lime of Diocletian), and the v/vi A.D. inscr. from the Mount of Olives cited s.v. κοιμάομαι . For a note by Mrs. M. D. Gibson on the NT Phoebe as a kind of Lady Bountiful, see Exp T xxiii. p. 281.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
Φοίβη Φοίβη, ἡ, Lat. Phoebe, one of the daughters of Uranus and Gaia, Hes. ; mother of Phoebus, Aesch.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φοίβη, -ης, ἡ
Phæbe, a deaconess of Cenchræa: Rom.16:1.†
(AS)