Strong G4552σάπφειρος
sapphire
- Transliteration
- sappheiros
- Pronunciation
- sap'-fi-ros
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of Hebrew origin [H5601]; a sapphire or lapis-lazuli gem: - sapphire.
Detailed definition
σάπφειρος, -ου, ἡ
[in LXX for סַפִּיר;]
sapphire (perh. = lapis lazuli): Rev.21:19.†
(AS)
[in LXX for סַפִּיר;]
sapphire (perh. = lapis lazuli): Rev.21:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4552 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sapphire1
First verses
- Revelation 21:19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σάπφειρ-ος
(proparoxytone), ἡ, lapis lazuli, of which two chief kinds, κυανῆ and χρυσῆ, are mentioned by [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 23, 37, 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 1105; cf. LXX.Exo.24.10, +others, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.7.5, “Peripl. M.Rubr.” 39)]. (Cf. Hebrew sappīr, perhaps not Semitic.)
(proparoxytone), ἡ, lapis lazuli, of which two chief kinds, κυανῆ and χρυσῆ, are mentioned by [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 23, 37, 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 1105; cf. LXX.Exo.24.10, +others, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.7.5, “Peripl. M.Rubr.” 39)]. (Cf. Hebrew sappīr, perhaps not Semitic.)