a "deaconess of the church at Cenchrea," the port of Corinth. She was probably the bearer of Paul's epistle to the Romans. Paul commended her to the Christians at Rome; "for she hath been," says he, "a succourer of many, and of myself also" ( Romans 16:1 Romans 16:2 ).
shining; pure
PHEBE
febe (Phoibe).
See PHOEBE.
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