# H5601 סַפִּיר

סַפִּיר (çappîyr), Strong’s H5601: a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire KJV: sapphire.. Occurs 11 times.

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

KJV: sapphire.

Derived from [סָפַר çâphar](https://besorah.bible/word/H5608) (to score with a mark as a tally or record)

Occurs 11 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- סַפִּיר n.[m.] sapphire, perh. also lapis lazuli

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 24:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/24?v=10) — They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.
- [Exodus 28:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/28?v=18) — and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;
- [Exodus 39:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/39?v=11) — and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;
- [Isaiah 54:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/54?v=11) — “You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your…
- [Ezekiel 1:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/1?v=26) — Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone. On the…
- [Ezekiel 10:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/10?v=1) — Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a…
- [Ezekiel 28:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/28?v=13) — You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper…
- [Job 28:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/28?v=6) — Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.
- [Job 28:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/28?v=16) — It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- [Song of Songs 5:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/song-of-songs/5?v=14) — His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.