shining; pure
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Phe'be. See Phoebe.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a deaconess of the port of Corinth, called Cenchrea. St. Paul had a particular esteem for this holy woman; and Theodoret thinks the Apostle lodged at her house for some time, while he continued in or near Corinth.
It is thought she carried the epistle to Rome, which he wrote to the church of that city, in which she is so highly commended, Rom_16:1-2. It is thought that, in quality of deaconess, she was employed by the church in some ministrations suitable to her sex and condition; as to visit and instruct the Christian women, and attend them in their sickness, and distribute alms to them in their necessities.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
fē?bḗ (Φοίβη, Phoı́bē). See PHOEBE.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Phe?be [PHOEBE]
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Phebe
SEE PHOEBE
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.