Lexical Summary sappheiros: sapphire, perhaps lapis lazuli Original Word: σάπφειροςTransliteration: sappheiros Phonetic Spelling: (sap'-fi-ros) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: sapphire, perhaps lapis lazuli Meaning: sapphire, perhaps lapis lazuli Strong's Concordance sapphire. Of Hebrew origin (cappiyr); a "sapphire" or lapis-lazuli gem -- sapphire. see HEBREW cappiyr Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4552: σάπφειροςσάπφειρος, σαπφείρου, ἡ, Hebrew סַפִיר, sapphire, a precious stone (perhaps our lapis lazuli, cf. B. D., under the word |
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