Quick Definition
σάπφειρος, ου, ἡ n.f. a sapphire
Strong's Definition
of Hebrew origin (5601); a "sapphire" or lapis-lazuli gem
KJV Usage: sapphire
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σάπφειρος, -ov, ἡ, Hebr. 30, sapphire, a precious stone [perh. our lapis lazuli, cf. B.D. s. v. Sapphire; Richm, HWB. s. v. Edelsteine, 14]: Rev. xxi.19. (Theophr., Diose., al.; Sept.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σάπφιρος sapphiros 1x
a sapphire, a precious stone of a blue color in various shades, next in hardness and value to the diamond, Rev. 21:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† σάπφειρος, -ου, ἡ
[in LXX for סַפִּיר ;]
sapphire (perh. = lapis lazuli): Re 21:19.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σάπφειρος. This Semitic word (used by Theophrastus) = ‘‘a sapphire ’’ (Rev 2113) appears under the form cammpw (σαπφείριον) in a list of colours and weights, P Oxy XIV. 1739! (ii/iii A.D.) σαππίριν μνᾶν ὁλκήν, cf. 7: see also P Tebt II. 4057° (iii/A.D.) δερματικὴ σαπιρίν(η) (1. δελματικὴ σαπφειρίνη), ‘a sapphire Dalmatian vest,”’ and Pretsighke 2251 (ostracon—iv/A.D.) σαππειρίου ὀνκί(ίαι) τ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σάπφειρος (sappheiros) — sapphire. σάπφειρ-ος (proparoxytone), ἡ, lapis lazuli, of which two chief kinds, κυανῆ and χρυσῆ, are mentioned by [LXX+4th c.BC+]. (Cf. Hebrew sappīr, perhaps not Semitic.)