noun · feminine
sapfiras
GreekΣάπφιρα (sapfira)
Strong’sG4551
Sapphira
stem sapfir-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Σαπφείρα, -ης (v. B1., § 3, 4), ἡ
(< Aram. שַׁפִּירָא)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4551 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsap-fi'-ray
Sapphire, an Israelitess
Fromfeminine of G4552;
King JamesSapphira.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sapfiras | sapfirais |
| object accusative | sapfiran | sapfirain |
| direct address vocative | sapfirar | sapfirair |
| of, belonging to genitive | sapfirau | sapfiraiu |
| to, for dative | sapfira1×Σαπφίρῃ | sapfirai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
sapfira is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
sapfira“Sapphira”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 5:1“Sapphira”Anēros de tinos Hananios onome sun Sapfira ta gunaika autou pōlata ktēmemNow a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.