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Strong's #4551 - Σαπφείρη

Transliteration

Sappheírē

Phonetics

sap-fi'-ray

Origin

from (4552)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's
Sapphira = "a sapphire"

the wife of Ananias

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Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (1)

Acts

NAS (1)

Acts

HCS (1)

Acts

BSB (1)

Acts

ESV (1)

Acts

WEB (1)

Acts

Verse Results

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Σαπφείρα , -ης

(v. B1., § 3, 4), ἡ

(< Aram. שַׁפִּירָא ),

Sapphia: Acts 5:1.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";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.

List of Word Forms

Σαπφειρη Σαπφείρῃ Σαπφίρῃ Sapphire Sapphirē Sapphírei Sapphírēi

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