סַפִּירçappîyr
sapphire, perhaps also lapis lazuli (Exodus 24:10; Isaiah 54:11; Song of Solomon 5:14; Ezekiel 28:13; Exodus 28:18)
Pronunciation: sap-peer' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5601
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 24:10 There they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.
- Exodus 28:18 The second row will contain a turquoise, a blue lapis lazuli, and a white moonstone.
- Exodus 39:11 The second row contained a turquoise, a blue lapis lazuli, and a white moonstone.
- Job 28:6 Here the rocks contain precious lapis lazuli, and the dust contains gold.
- Job 28:16 It’s worth more than all the gold of Ophir, greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
- Song of Solomon 5:14 His arms are like rounded bars of gold, set with beryl. His body is like bright ivory, glowing with lapis lazuli.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).