Feibush

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Yiddish form of PHOEBUS, apparently used as a translation of Shimshon (see Samson).

PHOEBUS   male   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Φοιβος (Phoibos), which meant "bright, pure". This was an epithet of the Greek god Apollo.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GREEK: Phoibos
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Phoebus, Phoibos
YIDDISH: Faivish
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
YIDDISH: Fayvel, Feivel
FEMININE FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Phoibe
BIBLICAL GREEK: Phoibe
BIBLICAL LATIN: Phoebe
BIBLICAL: Phebe, Phoebe
DUTCH: Febe
ENGLISH: Phebe, Pheobe, Phoebe
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Phoebe, Phoibe
ITALIAN: Febe
SPANISH: Febe