סַפִּיר
çappîyr · sap-peer'
a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5608 (סָפַר);
a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: sapphire.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to speak, the word › the hand that works › the head, the highest
To support and uphold that works to speak, the word of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סַפִּיר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a sapphire2 · 18%
- with sapphires2 · 18%
- of a sapphire stone1 · 9%
- of sapphires1 · 9%
- or the sapphire1 · 9%
- was of sapphire1 · 9%
- of a sapphire1 · 9%
- over them as it were a sapphire1 · 9%
- the sapphire1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.