Category:Phebe

Phe"be, n. (zoöl.)

Defn: see phoebe.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

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" (Romans 16:1, Romans 16:2).