Phebe

Phebe

1. A female given name. Alternative spelling of Phoebe
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981:

     : Romans 16:1:

     I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea.

From Latin Phoebē, from Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeːbeː/

Phebe

1. (mythology) The Greek Titan and goddess of the Moon; Phoebe.
2. (astronomy, sometimes capitalised) The celestial body closest to the Earth, considered to be a planet in the Ptolemic system as well as the boundary between the Earth and the heavens; the Moon.

• Diane, Lucyna
• (planet): mone, lune

• “phebe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.

Phebe f

1. Obsolete spelling of Febe (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).