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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SAPPHIRA

sa-fi'-ra (shappira'; Aramaic for either "beautiful" or "sapphire"; Sappheira): Wife of Ananias (Acts 5:1-10).

See ANANIAS, (1).

Greek

4551. Sapphire -- Sapphira, a Christian woman
... Sapphira, a Christian woman. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Sapphire
Phonetic Spelling: (sap-fi'-ray) Short Definition: Sapphira Definition ...
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367. Ananias -- Ananias, the name of three Israelites
... Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Ananias Phonetic Spelling: (an-an-ee'-as) Short
Definition: Ananias Definition: Ananias, (a) husband of Sapphira, a member of ...
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Library

Ananias and Sapphira
... ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA. BY REV. GEORGE MILLIGAN, MA, DD. One of the most striking
features of the early Christian Church was what we ...
/.../milligan/men of the bible some lesser-known/ananias and sapphira.htm

Ananias and Sapphira.
... LECTURES LECTURE VI. ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA. Chap. v.1-11. WE have seen the
success of the Apostles in persuading many of the Jews ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture vi ananias and sapphira.htm

Of the Deaths of Ananias and Sapphira, and Judas, which they ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXV. Of the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira, and Judas,
which they underwent through the impulse of covetousness. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxv of the deaths.htm

A Warning against Hypocrisy
... In sharp contrast to the example of benevolence shown by the believers, was the
conduct of Ananias and Sapphira, whose experience, traced by the pen of ...
/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 7 a warning against.htm

Of the Persons by Whom, and the Uses for Which, Ecclesiastical ...
... But if any one act otherwise (which may God forbid), let him take care lest he meet
the condemnation of Ananias and Sapphira, and be found guilty of sacrilege ...
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The Women of the Apostolic Age
... Sapphira and Ananias had sold their possession and had laid a part of the price
at the Apostles' feet, under the pretence that they were devoting their all. ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/ii the women of the.htm

Acts V
... In contrast with the course of Barnabas, we are told: (1) "But a certain man named
Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, (2) and kept back part ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts v.htm

The Wheat and the Tares
... Side by side stand Barnabas and the wretched couple, Ananias and Sapphira. ...
The judgment on Sapphira was not inflicted by Peter. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/the wheat and the tares.htm

The Parables Exemplified in the Early History of the Church.
... Of hearers in whom the seed is scorched up by the fire of temptation or persecution,
we may see instances in Ananias and Sapphira, who fell under the ...
/.../the kingdom of heaven what is it/chapter vii the parables exemplified.htm

Of the Origin of the Sarabaites and their Mode of Life.
... unfaithful kind of monks; or rather, that baleful plant revived and sprang up again
which when it first shot up in the persons of Ananias and Sapphira in the ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter vii of the origin.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Sapphira

that relates or tells

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Sapphira

[ANANIAS]

ATS Bible Dictionary

Sapphira

See ANANIAS1

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Beautiful, the wife of Ananias (q.v.). She was a partner in his guilt and also in his punishment (Acts 5:1-11).

Thesaurus

Sapphira (1 Occurrence)
...SAPPHIRA. sa-fi'-ra (shappira'; Aramaic for either "beautiful" or "sapphire";
Sappheira): Wife of Ananias (Acts 5:1-10). ...Sapphira (1 Occurrence). ...
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Ananias (11 Occurrences)
... A common Jewish name, the same as Hananiah. (1.) One of the members of the church
at Jerusalem, who conspired with his wife Sapphira to deceive the brethren ...
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Covetousness (22 Occurrences)
... Israel had entered into the promised land (Achan, Jos 7); and also in the early
Christian church immediately after its founding (Ananias and Sapphira, Acts 5 ...
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Sapphi'ra (1 Occurrence)
Sapphi'ra. Sapphira, Sapphi'ra. Sapphire . ... Acts 5:1 And a certain man, Ananias
by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, (See RSV). ...
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Lying (203 Occurrences)
... who are guilty of this sin are cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 21:8). We
are reminded of the awful fate meted out to Ananias and Sapphira when they lied ...
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Goods (231 Occurrences)
... The penalty inflicted on Ananias and Sapphira was not for any failure to comply
fully with this custom, but because this freedom which they possessed (Acts 5:4 ...
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Discomfiture (6 Occurrences)
... It was given him to pronounce the solemn sentence on the guilty pair, Ananias and
Sapphira, and to rebuke in the power of the Spirit the profane Simon Magus ...
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Community (77 Occurrences)
... The penalty inflicted on Ananias and Sapphira was not for any failure to comply
fully with this custom, but because this freedom which they possessed (Acts 5:4 ...
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Possession (251 Occurrences)
... NAS NIV). Acts 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife,
sold a possession, (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). Acts 5:3 ...
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Agree (24 Occurrences)
... Ananias and Sapphira were in perfect agreement and equally guilty (Luke 5:36 Acts
15:15). Jacob W. Kapp. Multi-Version Concordance Agree (24 Occurrences). ...
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Bible Concordance

Sapphira (1 Occurrence)

Acts 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Sapphira

Sapphira: Falsehood and Death of

Related Terms

Ananias (11 Occurrences)

Covetousness (22 Occurrences)

Sapphi'ra (1 Occurrence)

Lying (203 Occurrences)

Goods (231 Occurrences)