σάπφειρος
σάπφειρος, the sapphire
σάπφειρ-ος (proparox.), ἡ,
- lapis lazuli, of which two chief kinds, κυανῆ and χρυσῆ, are mentioned by Thphr. Lap. 23, 37, D.P. 1105; cf. LXX Ex. 24.10, al., J. AJ 3.7.5, Peripl.M.Rubr. 39. (Cf. Hebr. sappīr, perh. not Semitic.)
σάπφειρος, ου (ἡ) lapis-lazuli (ou saphir) pierre précieuse, Th. Lap. 8, 23 et 37 ; DP. 1104.
Étym. cf. hébr. sappir.
σάπφειρος, ἡ, auch σάμφειρος, der Sapphir, ein Edelstein, von dem es 2 Hauptarten gab, κυανῆ u. χρυσῆ, Dion.Per. 1105 ; Diosc.
Strong 4552
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sapphire (perh. = lapis lazuli): Re 21:19.†
σάπφειρος, ἡ,
- a blue gem, the sapphire, or (as others think) lapis lazuli. Prob. a Phoenician word.