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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:10 - and they saw the God of Israel; and 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, 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 rounded gold, set with jewels. His body is ivory work, encrusted with sapphires.
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.
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 was like sapphire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26 - And above the firmament over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness as it were of a human form.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1 - Then I looked, and behold, on the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire, in form resembling a throne.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, carnelian, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, beryl, and onyx, sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald; and wrought in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared.
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