Word Summary
Sappheirē: Sapphira, a Christian woman
Original Word: ΣαπφείρηTransliteration: Sappheirē
Phonetic Spelling: (sap-fi'-ray)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Sapphira, a Christian woman
Meaning: Sapphira -- a Christian woman
Strong's Concordance
Sapphira.
Feminine of sappheiros; Sapphire, an Israelitess -- Sapphira.
see GREEK sappheiros
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4551: ΣαπφείρῃΣαπφείρῃ, dative
Σαπφείρῃ (
R G T WH),
Σαπφειρα (
L Tr; cf. (
WHs Appendix, p. 156);
Buttmann, 11; (
Winer's Grammar, 62 (61))),
ἡ (either Aram.
ספירא, i. e. 'beautiful'; Peshitto
)rYPS [
]; or from σάπφειρος, which see), Sapphira, the name of a woman: Acts 5:1.