- Φοίβη
- Φοίβη, ης, ἡ (freq. in mythology, but also e.g. SIG 805, 10 [c. 54 A.D.]; PFlor 50, 61 [III A.D.]) Phoebe, a Christian official, διάκονος τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἐν Κεγχρεαῖς (διάκονος 1), recommended by Paul to the Christian community for which Ro 16:1 is intended. Cp. Ro subscr.—MGibson, Phoebe: ET 23, 1912, 281; EGoodspeed, HTR 44, ’51, 55–57; RJewett, Paul, Phoebe and the Spanish Mission: The Social World of Formative Christianity and Judaism ’88, 142–61; FGillman, Women Who Knew Paul ’89.—On prominent women recognized in ins s. EForbis, AJP 111, ’90, 493–507. DELG s.v. φοῖβος. M-M. TW.
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