🔥Sapphira

sa-FEER-ah

Greek variation of Sapphire, Hebrew jewel name

"sapphire"

Sapphira Origin and Meaning

The name Sapphira is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "sapphire".

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 Willa Cather novel called Sapphira and the Slave Girl, and in the book Eragon, it's the name of a dragon (spelt Saphira).

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Famous People Named Sapphira

Sapphiraaccording to the Acts of the Apostles chapter 5, a member of the early Christian church in Jerusalem with her husband Ananias, who died sudden deaths after lying to the Holy Spirit about money
Sapphira SellheimMoss (b. 2011), daughter of author, filmmaker and TV personality Tara Moss

Sapphira in Pop Culture

Sapphira Brantleycharacter from "A woman called Fancy" by Frank Yerby
Sapphira Dodderidge Colbertmain character in "Sapphira and the Slave Girl" by Willa Cather
From the Greek name Sappheirewhich was from the Greek word sappheiros meaning "blue stone" or "lapis lazuli," ultimately derived from a Semitic source (compare Hebrew sappir "sapphire"). Alternatively Sapphira may be a Greco,Latin form of the Hebrew name Zipporah.

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