Quick Definition
a sapphire
Strong's Definition
a "sapphire" or lapis-lazuli gem
Derivation: of Hebrew origin (H05601);
KJV Usage: sapphire
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σάπφειρος, σαπφείρου, ἡ, Hebrew ρΗτΔιψ, sapphire, a precious stone (perhaps our lapis lazuli, cf. B. D., under the word ; Riehm, HWB, under the word Edelsteine, 14): Rev_21:19. (Theophrastus, Dioscorides (?), others; the Sept..)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σάπφιρος sapphiros 1x
a sapphire, a precious stone of a blue color in various shades, next in hardness and value to the diamond, Rev_21:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† σάτφειρος , -ου , ἡ ,
[in LXX for H5601 ;]
sapphire (perh. = lapis lazuli): Rev_21:19 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σάπφειρος [page 569]
This Semitic word (used by Theophrastus) = a sapphire ( Rev_21:19 ) appears under the form σαππίριν (σαπφείριον ) in a list of colours and weights, P Oxy XIV. 1739 .1 (ii/iii A.D.) σαππίριν μνᾶν ὁλκήν , cf. 7 : see also P Tebt II. 405 .10 (iii/A.D.) δερματικὴ σαπιρίν (η ) ( l . δελματικὴ σαπφειρίνη ), a sapphire Dalmatian vest, and Preisigke 2251 (ostracon iv/A.D.) σαππειρίου ὀνκ (ίαι ) ι―.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σάπφειρος σάπφειρος, ἡ, a blue gem, "the sapphire", or (as others think) "lapis lazuli." [Etym: Prob. a Phoenician word.]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σάπφειρος, -ου, ἡ
[in LXX for סַפִּיר ;]
sapphire (perh. = lapis lazuli): Rev.21:19.†
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