Sappir סַפִּיר
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| סַפִּיר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sappir |
| Strong's number | H5601 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | sapphire |
| Occurrences | 11 in 11 verses |
| Most frequent in | Exodus (3) |
Sappir (Hebrew סַפִּיר, Strong's H5601) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “sapphire”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
sapphire, lapis lazuli
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sapphire (7), sapphires (3), stone (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sapphire (6), sapphires (3), made of sapphire (1), like sapphires (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Sappir, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 24:10And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.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 28:18And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
- Exodus 39:11And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.the second row had a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
Job
- Job 28:6The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
- Job 28:16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 5:14His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 54:11O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 4:7Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 1:26And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.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.
- Ezekiel 10:1Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.
- Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).