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sapphire

Meaning of “sapphire”

A precious stone.

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9 occurrences9 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 24:10

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Every verse containing “sapphire”

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Exodus 24:10
And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 24:10 · retained source text

And they saw the God of Israel: and there was vnder his feet, as it were a paued worke of a Saphire stone, and as it were the body of heauen in his clearenesse.

Exodus 28:18
And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 28:18 · retained source text

And the second row shall be an Emeraude, a Saphir, and a Diamond.

Job 28:16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 28:16 · retained source text

It cannot be valued with the golde of Ophir, with the precious Onix, or the Saphire.

Lamentations 4:7
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 4:7 · retained source text

Her Nazarites were purer then snow, they were whiter then milke, they were more ruddie in body then rubies, their polishing was of Saphir.

Ezekiel 1:26
¶ And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 1:26 · retained source text

¶ And aboue the firmament that was ouer their heads, was the likenesse of a Throne, as the appearance of a Saphyre stone, and vpon the likenesse of the Throne was the likenesse as the appearance of a man aboue vpon it.

Ezekiel 10:1
THEN I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 10:1 · retained source text

¶ Then I looked, and beholde, in the firmament that was aboue the head of the Cherubims, there appeared ouer them as it were a Saphir stone, as the appearance of the likenesse of a throne.

1611 marginal noteCha.1.22.

Ezekiel 28:13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 28:13 · retained source text

Thou hast beene in Eden the garden of God; euery precious stone was thy couering, the Sardius, Topaze, and the Diamond, the Beril, the Onyx, and the Iasper, the Saphir, the Emeraude, and the Carbuncle and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee, in the day that thou wast created.

1611 marginal noteOr, ruby.

1611 marginal noteOr, chrysolite.

1611 marginal noteOr, Chysoprase.

Revelation 21:19
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 21:19 · retained source text

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all maner of precious stones. The first foundation was Iasper, the second Saphir, the third a Chalcedony, the fourth an Emerald,

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