- Original: Φοίβη - Transliteration: Phoibe - Phonetic: foy'-bay - Definition: Phoebe = radiant 1. a deaconess of the church at Cenchrea, near Corinth - Origin: from phoibos (bright, probably akin to the base of G5457 ) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine of Φοῖβος Phoibos (bright; probably akin to the base of G5457 ); Phaebe a Christian woman: - Phebe. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Phebe, 1 Romans 16:1