Sapphira
Americannoun
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a woman who, with her husband, Ananias, was struck dead for lying. Acts 5.
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Also Sapphire a female given name.
noun
Example Sentences
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In a season that had the most Latina queens in “RuPaul’s Drag Race” herstory, Sapphira Cristál felt right at home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
Sapphira Cristál may be the runner-up, but she doesn’t need a crown to know she’s regal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
“What does critical race theory mean to you?” pointedly asked Sapphira Lloyd, a 16-year-old Black student who attends Millwood Public Schools in Oklahoma City.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2021
The library retains the fading, hand-stamped cards listing in longhand the books that Cather and Lewis withdrew between 1937-1947, during the time that Cather wrote and published her last novel, Sapphira and the Slave Girl.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2018
Ananias and Sapphira had become disciples of the new faith, and, like others, sold their property, but they kept back part, and tried to make the apostles believe that they had given all.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
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