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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, Rom 16:2).
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Romans 16:1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
- Romans 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
