Sapphira

//səˈfaɪ.ɹə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Ancient Greek.

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαπφειρη (Sappheirē).

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