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Lexicon :: Strong's H5601 - sapîr

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סַפִּיר
Transliteration
sapîr
Pronunciation
sap-peer'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1535

Strong’s Definitions

סַפִּיר çappîyr, sap-peer'; from H5608; a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire:—sapphire.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H5601 in the following manner: sapphire (10x), sapphire stone (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H5601 in the following manner: sapphire (10x), sapphire stone (1x).

  1. sapphire, lapis lazuli

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סַפִּיר çappîyr, sap-peer'; from H5608; a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire:—sapphire.
STRONGS H5601: Abbreviations
† סַמִּיר noun [masculine] sapphire, perhaps also lapis lazuli (compare DiExodus 24:10 NowArchaeology i. 131) (Late Hebrew id., and סַמְפִּירִינוֹן; Targum סַפִּרִינוֹן; Syriac Version bdb070504; loan-word from Sanskrit canipriya according to LagGes. Abh. 72 LewyFremdw. 56 compare Greek σάπφειρος); — absolute ס׳ Exodus 24:10 + 8 times; plural סַפִּירִים Isaiah 54:11; Songs 5:14; — with other jewels as ornaments of prince Ezekiel 28:13; in high priest's breastplate Exodus 28:18; Exodus 39:11; found in mines Job 28:6, costly Job 28:16 compare Isaiah 54:11; taking high polish Lamentations 4:7 (in figurative); סַפִּירִים מְעֻלֶּפֶת שֵׁן Songs 5:14 ivory covered with sapphires (in figurative); lapis lazuli, according to Hi BU Du and others in Job 28:6 (עַפְרֹת זָהָב לוֺ being understood of sparkling crystals of iron pyrites in this), but see Di; lapis lazuli may be intended in לִבְנַת הַסּ׳ Exodus 24:10 (J) pavement of sapphire (in theoph.), compare אֶבֶןסֿ׳ Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

24:10; 24:10; 24:10; 28:18; 39:11

Job

28:6; 28:6; 28:16

Song of Songs

5:14; 5:14

Isaiah

54:11; 54:11

Lamentations

4:7

Ezekiel

1:26; 10:1; 28:13

H5601

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5601 matches the Hebrew סַפִּיר (sapîr),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:10 - And they saw the place where the God of Israel stood; and under his feet was as it were a work of sapphire slabs, and as it were the appearance of the firmament of heaven in its purity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:18 - And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:11 - (LXX 36:18) and the second row, a carbuncle and sapphire and jasper;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:6 - Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and her dust supplies man with gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:16 - Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14 - His hands are as turned gold set with beryl: his belly is an ivory tablet on a sapphire stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11 - Afflicted and outcast thou hast not been comforted: behold, I will prepare carbuncle for thy stones, and sapphire for thy foundations;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Zain. Her Nazarites were made purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were purified as with fire, their polishing was superior to sapphire stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26 - that was over their head, there was as the appearance of a sapphire stone, and the likeness of a throne upon it: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as an appearance of a man above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1 - Then I looked, and, behold, over the firmament that was above the head of the cherubs there was a likeness of a throne over them, as a sapphire stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - Thou wast in the delight of the paradise of God; thou hast bound upon thee every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and thou hast filled thy treasures and thy stores in thee with gold.
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