noun · feminine
foibas
GreekΦοίβη (foibē)
Strong’sG5402
Phoebe
stem foib-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
φοίβη, -ης, ἡ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5402 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfoy'-bay
probably akin to the base of G5457); Phœbe, a Christian woman
Fromfeminine of φοῖβος (bright;
King JamesPhebe.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | foibas | foibais |
| object accusative | foiban1×Φοίβην | foibain |
| direct address vocative | foibar | foibair |
| of, belonging to genitive | foibau | foibaiu |
| to, for dative | foiba | foibai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
foiba is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
foiban“Phoebe”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 16:1“Phoebe”Sunistanamō de vi Foiban tan adelfan nu, arōtan kai diakonan tau ekklēsau tau en Kenchreai,I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.