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sappir, σάπφειρος. When Moses, and the elders, etc., went up into the mount to God "there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone." Ex. 24: 10. In Ezekiel's vision, above the firmament, was seen the "likeness of a throne as the appearance of a sapphire stone." Ezek. 1: 26. It was one of the stones in the breastplate, and one that garnished the foundation of the holy Jerusalem. It is symbolical of heavenly glory. Ex. 28: 18; Rev. 21:
19. The word occurs in Job 28: 6, 16; Cant. 5: 14; Isa. 54: 11; Lam. 4: 7; Ezek. 10: 1; Ezek. 28: 13. Probably an azure or sky-blue stone. Some suppose it was the Lapis-lazuli, others identify it with the
modern sapphire.