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Lexicon :: Strong's G4552 - sapphiros

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σάπφιρος
Transliteration
sapphiros (Key)
Pronunciation
sap'-fi-ros
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin סַפִּיר (H5601)
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Strong’s Definitions

σάπφειρος sáppheiros, sap'-fi-ros; of Hebrew origin (H5601); a "sapphire" or lapis-lazuli gem:—sapphire.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4552 in the following manner: sapphire (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4552 in the following manner: sapphire (1x).
  1. sapphire, a precious stone

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σάπφειρος sáppheiros, sap'-fi-ros; of Hebrew origin (H5601); a "sapphire" or lapis-lazuli gem:—sapphire.
STRONGS G4552:
σάπφειρος, σαπφείρου, , 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..)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Revelation
21:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4552 matches the Greek σάπφιρος (sapphiros),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:10 - and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:18 - and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:11 - and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:6 - Its stones are the place of sapphires,[fn]
and it has dust of gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:16 - It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
in precious onyx or sapphire.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14 - His arms are rods of gold,
set with jewels.
His body is polished ivory,[fn]
bedecked with sapphires.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:11 - “O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted,
behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
and lay your foundations with sapphires.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Her princes were purer than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
the beauty of their form[fn] was like sapphire.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26 - And above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire;[fn] and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - And behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was a man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his waist. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1 - Then I looked, and behold, on the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire,[fn] in appearance like a throne.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - You were in Eden, the garden of God;
every precious stone was your covering,
sardius, topaz, and diamond,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,[fn] emerald, and carbuncle;
and crafted in gold were your settings
and your engravings.[fn]
On the day that you were created
they were prepared.
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