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)

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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