Limitless Word
סַפִּירçappîyr/sap-peer'/
HebrewH560111 occurrences (KJV)

a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire

KJV renders it: sapphire.

Where it appears

  • Exod 24:10They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.
  • Exod 28:18and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;
  • Exod 39:11and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;
  • Job 28:6Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
  • Job 28:16It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
  • Song 5:14His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.
  • Isa 54:11“You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
  • Lam 4:7Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.
  • Ezek 1:26Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.
  • Ezek 10:1Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
  • Ezek 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.