- Original: ספּיר - Transliteration: Cappiyr - Phonetic: sap-peer' - Definition: 1. sapphire, lapis lazuli - Origin: from H5608 - TWOT entry: 1535 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H5608 ; a gem (perhaps as used for scratching other substances) probably the sapphire: - sapphire. Total KJV Occurrences: 11 • sapphire, 7 Exodus 28:18; Exodus 39:11; Job 28:16; Lamentations 4:7; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:1; Ezekiel 28:13 • sapphires, 3 Job 28:6; Song of Songs 5:14; Isaiah 54:11 • stone, 1 Exodus 24:10