Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Sapphire
|
Resource Toolbox
|
|
Additional Links
|
(Heb. sappir ), a precious stone, apparently of a bright-blue color, set: ( Exodus 24:10 ) the second stone in the second row of the high priest's breastplate, (Exodus 28:18 ) extremely precious, (Job 28:16 ) it was one of the precious stones that ornamented the king of Tyre. (Ezekiel 28:13 ) The sapphire of the ancients was not our gem of that name, viz. the azure or indigo-blue, crystalline variety of corundum, but our lapis lazuli ( ultra-marine ).
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Sapphire'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/sbd/s/sapphire.html. 1901.