Σάπφιρα

Σάπφιρα (also Σαπφείρα, Σαμπφ-, Σαφφ-; Aram. שַׁפִּירָא. On the spelling and accentuation s. B-D-F §38; 39, 7; 40; Mlt-H. 145; M-M. Both Aramaic and Gk. forms are found on ossuaries discovered near Jerusalem: SEG VIII 201 [I B.C./I A.D.]; 184 [I A.D.]; HJCadbury, Amicitiae Corolla [RHarris Festschr.] ’33, 54f; KBeyer, Die aramäischen Texte vom Toten Meer ’84; JFitzmyer/DHarrington, A Manual of Palestinian Aramaic Texts ’78; cp. TRE III 608), gen. ης, dat. ῃ, ἡ (on its declension s. B-D-F §43, 1; Mlt-H. 118) Sapphira, wife of Ἁνανίας (q.v. 2 and the lit. s.v. κοινός 1a. PMenoud, La mort d’An. et de Saph.: Aux sources de la tradition chrét. [MGoguel Festschr.] ’50, 146–54; DMarguerat, NTS 39, ’93, 209–26) Ac 5:1.—M-M.