Definition

a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire

Etymology

from H5608 (סָפַר);

Word family

• סָפַר çâphar

How the KJV renders it

• sapphire

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.