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Sapphira

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Sapphira: Greek variation of Sapphire, Hebrew jewel name Meaning of Sapphira: "sapphire"

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Sapphira is a lovely name which unfortunately has an unsavory Biblical history. The New Testament Sapphira was killed by God for lying about a tax payment.

There's a Eudora Welty novel called Sapphira and the Slave Girl, and in the book Eragon, it's the name of a dragon.

Sapphire, anyone?

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Actually Sapphira and the Slave Girl is by Willa Cather.

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