GREEK · G682
Ἀπφία
Apphia — Apphia
Ἀπφία, -ας, ἡ Apphia: Phm 2 (MM, see word).† (AS)
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Apphia
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G4551
Σαπφείρη
Sappheirē — Sapphira
Σαπφείρα, -ης (see B1., § 3, 4), ἡ (Aram. שַׁפִּירָא) Sapphia: Act.5:1.† (AS)
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Increasing, a female Christian at Colosse (Philemon 1:2), supposed by some to have been the wife of Philemon.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.