σάπφειρος
sappheiros
sapphire
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word σάπφειρος (sappheiros) corresponds to the Strong's number G4552. According to the provided definition, σάπφειρος translates to the word "sapphire." Given its definition and semantic domain classification as related to Commerce & Wealth, it is reasonable to infer that when the word σάπφειρος appears in a biblical context, it likely refers to the precious stone sapphire as something of value. There is only one recorded occurrence of σάπφειρος in the Bible. As a result, further analysis of its range of usage or significance relies on this solitary instance, making more in-depth exploration reliant on contextual information not provided by this lexicon data.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text