Bible Lexicons

Σαπφείρα , -ης

(v. B1., § 3, 4), ἡ

(< Aram. שַׁפִּירָא ),

Sapphia: Acts 5:1.†

";a scorpion."; On the mummy tablet Preisigke 1209 it is recorded that a certain Apollonius ἐτελεύτησεν ὑπὸ σκορπίου : cf. the sepulchral inscr. ib. 1267.6 (A.D. 8) πλ [α ]γεῖσα. . ὑπὸ σκορπίου μετήλλαξε, and P Lond 121.193 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 90) πρὸς σκορπίου πληγήν.

For the word as a sign of the Zodiac see the calendar P Hib I. 27.90 (B.C. 301–240) ε ¯ Σκορπίος ἐῶιος [ἄρχ ]ε ̣ται δύνειν, ";5th, Scorpio begins to set in the morning,"; the horoscope PSI IV. 312.5 (A.D. 345) Σελήνη Σκορπίῳ, and the Gnostic charm against reptiles P Oxy VII : 1060.5 (vi/A.D.) σκορπίε. . ἀπάλλαξον τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ ἑρπετοῦ <καὶ > πράγματος ταχὺ ταχύ.