STRONGS H5601:
Abbreviations
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סַמִּיר noun [
masculine]
sapphire, perhaps also
lapis lazuli (compare Di
Exodus 24:10 Now
Archaeology i. 131) (Late Hebrew
id., and
סַמְפִּירִינוֹן;
סַפִּרִינוֹן;
; loan-word from Sanskrit
canipriya according to Lag
Ges. Abh. 72 Lewy
Fremdw. 56 compare Greek
σάπφειρος); — absolute
ס׳ Exodus 24:10 +
8 times; plural
סַפִּירִים Isaiah 54:11; Songs 5:14; — with other jewels as ornaments of prince
Ezekiel 28:13; in high priest's breastplate
Exodus 28:18;
Exodus 39:11; found in mines
Job 28:6, costly
Job 28:16 compare
Isaiah 54:11; taking high polish
Lamentations 4:7 (in figurative);
סַפִּירִים מְעֻלֶּפֶת שֵׁן Songs 5:14
ivory covered with sapphires (in figurative);
lapis lazuli, according to Hi BU Du and others in
Job 28:6 (
עַפְרֹת זָהָב לוֺ being understood of sparkling crystals of iron pyrites in this), but see Di;
lapis lazuli may be intended in
לִבְנַת הַסּ׳ Exodus 24:10 (J)
pavement of sapphire (in theoph.), compare
אֶבֶןסֿ׳ Ezekiel 1:26;
Ezekiel 10:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Exodus
24:10; 24:10; 24:10; 28:18; 39:11
Job
28:6; 28:6; 28:16
Song of Songs
5:14; 5:14
Isaiah
54:11; 54:11
Lamentations
4:7
Ezekiel
1:26; 10:1; 28:13
