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Romans 16:1

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

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ΣυνίστημιsunistēmiI commendσυνίστημιverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I commend”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4921I place together, commend, prove, exhibit; instrans: I stand with; I am composed of, cohere.This verse uses “commend”.I commendδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youΦοίβηνphoibēnPhebeΦοίβη (phoibē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Phebe”, the object formG5402Phoebe, a Christian woman in the church at Cenchreae.Phebeτὴνtēnwhichὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “which”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.whichἀδελφὴνadelphēnsisterἀδελφή (adelphē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sister”, the object formG79a sister, a woman (fellow-)member of a church, a Christian woman.ἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).οὖσανousanto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, feminine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.καὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.διάκονονdiakononservantδιάκονος (diakonos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “servant”, the object formG1249a waiter, servant; then of any one who performs any service, an administrator.This verse uses “servant”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίαςekklēsiasassemblyἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “assembly”, the of-formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνenis atἐνpreposition — “is at”G1722in, on, among.is atΚεγχρεαῖςkenchreaisCenchreaΚεγχρεαί (kenchreai)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “Cenchrea”, the to- or for-formG2747Cenchreae, the port of Corinth on the Saronic Gulf.Cenchrea

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And I commend you to Phebe our sister — being a ministrant of the assembly that [is] in Cenchrea —

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American Standard Version (1901)

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ:

Young’s Literal Translation

And I commend you to Phebe our sister — being a ministrant of the assembly that [is] in Cenchrea —

World English Bible

I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,

Darby Translation

But I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is minister of the assembly which is in Cenchrea;

Douay-Rheims

And I commend to you Phebe, our sister, who is in the ministry of the church, that is in Cenchrae:

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