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Phebe

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” (Rom. 16:1, 2).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

[Phoebe]

In the Bible

1

Verses where Phebe is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Romans 16:1

    I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.

Scripture on Phebe

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Phebe references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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