H5601 סַפִּיר (çappîyr) sap-peer'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

sapphire

Strong's Definition

a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire

Derivation: from H5608 (סָפַר);

KJV Usage: sapphire.

TWOT Reference: 1535

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) sapphire, lapis lazuli

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4552

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

סַפִּיר (sap.pir) — sapphire. sapphire, lapis lazuli

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

סַפִּיר (H5601)

noun m

Gemstones

sapphire = (semi-)precious stone with a deep blue color, possibly sapphire

EXO 24:10 · EXO 28:18 · EXO 39:11 · JOB 28:6 · JOB 28:16 · SNG 5:14 · ISA 54:11 · LAM 4:7 · EZK 1:26 · EZK 10:1 · EZK 28:13

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סַפִּיר n.[m.] sapphire, perh. also lapis lazuli base

Bible Occurrences (10)

24:10 28:18 39:11

28:6 28:16

54:11

4:7

1:26 10:1 28:13

Exodus 24:10

and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire..., as clear as the sky itself.

Exodus 28:18

in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

Exodus 39:11

the second row [had] a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

Job 28:6

Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.

Job 28:16

It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

Isaiah 54:11

O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Lamentations 4:7

Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.

Ezekiel 1:26

Above the expanse over their heads [was] the likeness of a throne... with the appearance of sapphire..., [and] on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.......