Phebe
The name Phebe means “shining; pure.” Phebe is mentioned in 1 verse of the Bible, first in Romans 16:1.
Who was 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).
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Phebe
- Romans 16:1
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: