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Sapphira

American  
[suh-fahy-ruh] / səˈfaɪ rə /

noun

  1. a woman who, with her husband, Ananias, was struck dead for lying. Acts 5.

  2. Also Sapphire a female given name.


Sapphira British  
/ 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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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

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

“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

Alone he took cognisance of Ananias and Sapphira, and alone he punished them.

From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Allies, Thomas W.

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