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Sapphira

[ suh-fahy-ruh ]

noun

  1. a woman who, with her husband, Ananias, was struck dead for lying. Acts 5.
  2. Also Sap·phire [] a female given name.


Sapphira

/ sæˈfaɪrə /

noun

  1. New Testament the wife of Ananias, who together with her husband was struck dead for fraudulently concealing their wealth from the Church (Acts 5)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

What a fine opportunity was afforded on this occasion to Sapphira, for fulfilling the high but difficult duties of her situation!

The character of Sapphira seems marked with even a deeper stain of guilt than that of her husband.

He felt that the tolerance of Ebenezer and the acceptance of Ananias-and-Sapphira added distinctly to his prestige.

Meanwhile in glaring London, the ill-starred Saumerez was wearing out brain and hand and eye for his Sapphira.

It was a seat, however, on which he remembered sitting with Sapphira once in the summer before she went away.

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