Pheobe

  • [ FEE-bee ]
  • English
Variant of PHOEBE.

PHOEBE   female   English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Biblical, Biblical Latin
Latinized form of the Greek name Φοιβη (Phoibe), which meant "bright, pure" from Greek φοιβος (phoibos). In Greek mythology Phoibe was a Titan associated with the moon. This was also an epithet of her granddaughter, the moon goddess Artemis. The name appears in Paul's epistle to the Romans in the New Testament, where it belongs to a female minister in the church at Cenchreae. In England, it began to be used as a given name after the Protestant Reformation. A moon of Saturn bears this name (in honour of the Titan).
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GREEK: Phoibe
BIBLICAL GREEK: Phoibe
BIBLICAL LATIN: Phoebe
BIBLICAL: Phebe, Phoebe
DUTCH: Febe
ENGLISH: Phebe, Phoebe
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Phoebe, Phoibe
ITALIAN: Febe
SPANISH: Febe
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT GREEK: Phoibos
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Phoebus, Phoibos
YIDDISH: Faivish, Fayvel, Feibush, Feivel