Romans 16:1:4Rom.16.1.W4TAB
Φοῖβην
phoibên
“Phoebe”
- Transliteration
- PHOI-bên
- Extended
- phoi-BEHN
- IPA
- /ˈpʰoi.bɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Phoebe
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Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
PHOI-bên
- sentence
sy-NI-stê-mi de hy-MIN PHOI-bên tên a-del-PHÊN hê-MON OU-san kai di-A-ko-non tês ek-klê-SI-as tês en ken-khre-AIS
Exegesis
The direct object is Phoiben {Φοίβην | Phoí-bēn}, further defined by the article–noun unit ten adelphen {τὴν ἀδελφὴν | tḕn adelphḕn} ‘the sister’ and the possessive pronoun hemon {ἡμῶν | hēmôn} ‘of us’, marking her as part of the same Christian family.
In context — Romans 16:1
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is both a servant of the church in Cenchrea.
About this coordinate
Romans 16:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Romans 16:1, so the Greek word Φοῖβην (phoibên) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rom.16.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.1.W4.S1) and character.