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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4552 - σάπφειρος

Transliteration

sáppheiros

Phonetics

sap'-fi-ros

Origin

of Hebrew origin (H5601)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

sapphire, a precious stone

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5601 ‑ סַפִּיר (sap‑peer');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Revelation 1

BSB (1)

Revelation 1

CSB (1)

Revelation 1

ESV (1)

Revelation 1

KJV (1)

Revelation 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

Revelation 1

N95 (1)

Revelation 1

NAS (1)

Revelation 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Revelation 1

YLT (1)

Revelation 1

ASV (1)

sapphire 1

BSB (1)

sapphire 1

CSB (1)

sapphire 1

ESV (1)

sapphire 1

KJV (1)

sapphire 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

sapphire 1

N95 (1)

sapphire 1

NAS (1)

sapphire 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

sapphire 1

YLT (1)

sapphire 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-NSF 1

ANT

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-NSF 1

BMT

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-NSF 1

STV

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-NSF 1

A-NSM 1

TRG

N-NSF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σάπφειρ-ος

(proparox.), ἡ,

lapis lazuli, of which two chief kinds, κυανῆ and χρυσῆ, are mentioned by Thphr. Lap. 23, 37, D.P. 1105; cf. LXX Exodus 24:10, al., J. AJ 3.7.5, Peripl. M.Rubr. 39 . (Cf. Hebr. sappîr, perh. not Semitic.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

σάπφειρος, σαπφείρου, ἡ, Hebrew סַפִיר, sapphire, a precious stone (perhaps our lapis lazuli, cf. B. D., under the word ; Riehm, HWB, under the word Edelsteine, 14): Revelation 21:19. (Theophrastus, Dioscorides (?), others; the Sept..)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† σάτφειρος , -ου , ἡ ,

[in LXX for H5601;]

sapphire (perh. = lapis lazuli): Revelation 21:19.†

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

";dark"; : P Par 51.19 (B.C. 159) (= UPZ i. p. 360, Selections, p. 20) εἰς <σ >κοτινὸν τόπον.

List of Word Forms

σάπφειρον σαπφειρος σάπφειρος σαπφείρου σαπφείρω σάπφιρος σαράβαρα σαραβάροις sapphiros sápphiros