'Phebe' definitions:
Definition of 'Phebe'
From: GCIDE
- Phebe \Phe"be\ (f[=e]"b[-e]), n. (Zool.) See Ph[oe]be. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'phebe'
From: Easton
- 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).
Definition of 'phebe'
From: Hitchcock
- Phebe, shining; pure