σάπφιρος

σάπφιρος, ου, ἡ (also-φειρ-[so Michel Psellus, in Lapidaires p. 203, ln. 16]; ins; Semitic loanw., Hebr. סַפִּיר.—Theophr., Lap. 1, 8; 4, 23; 6, 37; Diosc. 5, 157; Aelian, VH 14, 34; PGM 3, 515; LXX; En 18:8 [σάφφ-]; Jos., Bell. 5, 234, Ant. 3, 168) a transparent precious stone ordinarily blue in color, the sapphire (the ancients prob. understood the σα. to be the lapis lazuli) Rv 21:19 (s. Tob 13:17; Is 54:11).—RGradwohl, D. Farben im AT: Beih. ZAW 83, ’63, 33f; other lit. s.v. ἀμέθυστος.—DELG. M-M.