sapphira

/səˈfaɪ.ɹə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

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Meaning

name

"But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet."

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαπφειρη (Sappheirē).

Sapphire

ira myra lira lyra palmyra elmira kyra deianira

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How do you pronounce sapphira?

The recorded pronunciation is /səˈfaɪ.ɹə/.

What does sapphira mean?

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Where does sapphira come from?

It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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