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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #5601 - סַפִּיר

Transliteration

çappîyr

Phonetics

sap-peer'

Origin

from (H5608)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1535

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

sapphire, lapis lazuli

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4552 ‑ σάπφιρος (sap'‑fi‑ros);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (10)

Exodus 3

Job 2

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

BSB (11)

Exodus 3

Job 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

CSB (11)

Exodus 3

Job 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

ESV (8)

Exodus 3

Job 2

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

KJV (11)

Exodus 3

Job 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

LEB (10)

Exodus 3

Job 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 2

LSB (13)

Exodus 3

Job 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 4

N95 (12)

Exodus 3

Job 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 3

NAS (12)

Exodus 3

Job 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 5

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (11)

Exodus 3

Job 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 1

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

ASV (10)

a sapphire 2

above them as it were a sapphire 1

of a sapphire 1

of sapphire stone 1

of sapphires 1

or the sapphire 1

the sapphire 1

was as of sapphire 1

with sapphires 1

BSB (11)

a sapphire 2

like sapphires 1

made of sapphire 1

of sapphire 2

of sapphires 1

or sapphire 1

sapphire 1

with sapphires 2

CSB (11)

a sapphire 1

like sapphire 1

of sapphire 1

or sapphire 1

sapphire 4

sapphires 1

stone 1

with sapphires 1

ESV (8)

sapphire 5

sapphire stone 1

sapphires 2

KJV (11)

sapphire 7

sapphires 3

stone 1

LEB (10)

a sapphire 2

or sapphire 1

sapphire 4

sapphires 1

was like sapphire 1

your foundation with sapphires 1

LSB (13)

lapis 2

lazuli 2

sapphire 6

sapphires 3

N95 (12)

lapis 2

lazuli 2

sapphire 5

sapphires 3

NAS (12)

lapis 2

lazuli 2

sapphire 5

sapphires 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (11)

a sapphire 2

above them as it were a sapphire 1

of a sapphire 1

of sapphire stone 1

or the sapphire 1

sapphire 1

sapphires 1

was as of sapphire 1

with sapphires 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2500) r p x (ספר SPR) AC: Record CO: Scroll AB: ?: A recording of a story or numbers. [from: px- from the speaking of a record] (eng: sapphire)

V) r p x (ספר SPR) - Record: KJV (161): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual, Piel) scribe, tell, declare, number, count, show, writer, speak, account, commune, reckon, talk - Strongs: H5608 (סָפַר)

N^m) r p x (ספר SPR) - I. Scroll:A document or record written on a sheet of skin or papyrus and rolled up. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Census:A record of numbers. III. Scribe:One who records. [Aramaic only] KJV (12): book, roll, letter, evidence, bill, learning, register, scribe - Strongs: H5609 (סְפַר), H5610 (סְפָר), H5612 (סִפְרָה), H5613 (סָפַר)

b^m) r i p x (ספיר SPYR) - Sapphire: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (11): sapphire - Strongs: H5601 (סַפִּיר)

c^f1) e r f p x (ספורה SPWRH) - Number: A counting as a recording. KJV (1): number - Strongs: H5615 (סְפֹרָה)

e^f1) e r p i x (סיפרה SYPRH) - Scroll: A document or record. KJV (184): book - Strongs: H5612 (סִפְרָה)

h^m) r p x m (מספר MSPR) - Number: A counting as a recording. KJV (134): number - Strongs: H4557 (מִסְפָּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

סַמִּיר noun [masculine] sapphire, perhaps also lapis lazuli (compare Di^{Exodus 24:10} Now^{Archaeology i. 131}) (Late Hebrew id., and סַמְמִּירִינוֺן; ᵑ7סַמִּרִינוֺן; ᵑ6

; loan-word from Sanskrit canipriya according to Lag^{Ges. Abh. 72} Lewy^{Fremdw. 56} compare Greek σάπφειρος); — absolute ׳ס Exodus 24:10 8t.; pluralסַמִּירִים Isaiah 54:11; Song of Solomon 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); שֵׁן מְעֻלֶּפֶת סַמִּירִים Song of Solomon 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.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

סַפִּיר m. plur. ־ִים, a sapphire, a kind of gem, so called from its beauty and splendour (see the root סָפַר No. 1, 2 ), Exodus 28:18, 39:11 Job 28:6, 16 Job 28:16 (Syr. ܣܰܦܝܺܥܳ; Chald. סַמְפִּיר).

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List of Word Forms

בַּסַּפִּירִֽים׃ בספירים׃ הַסַּפִּ֔יר הספיר וְסַפִּֽיר׃ וספיר׃ סַפִּ֔יר סַפִּ֖יר סַפִּ֣יר סַפִּ֥יר סַפִּירִֽים׃ ספיר ספירים׃ bas·sap·pî·rîm bassappiRim bassappîrîm has·sap·pîr hassapPir hassappîr sap·pî·rîm sap·pîr sapPir sappîr sappiRim sappîrîm vesapPir wə·sap·pîr wəsappîr