Quick Definition
jacinth
Strong's Definition
the "hyacinth" or "jacinth", i.e. some gem of a deep blue color, probably the zirkon
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
KJV Usage: jacinth
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑάκινθος, ὑακίνθου, ὁ, hyacinth, the name of a flower (Homer and other poets; Theophrastus), also of a precious stone of the same color, i. e. dark-blue verging toward black (A. V. jacinth (so R. V. with marginal reading sapphire); cf. B. D., under the word ; Riehm, under the word Edelsteine 9) (Philo, Joseph, Galen, Heliodorus, others; Pliny, h. n. 37, 9, 41): Rev_21:20.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑάκινθος hyakinthos 1x
a hyacinth, a gem resembling the color of the hyacinth flower, dark blue, Rev_21:20
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ύέκινθος , -ου , ό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H8504 ;]
hyacinth;
(a) in cl ., a flower, prob. the dark blue iris;
(b) in late writers, a precious stone of the same colour, perhaps the sapphire: Rev_21:20 ( Phil ., FlJ , al. ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑάκινθος [page 647]
used of a precious stone in Rev_21:20 , perhaps the sapphire (RV marg .). The word occurs as a proper name in P Giss I. 101 .5 (iii/A.D.), PSI III. 194 .4 (A.D. 566?).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὑάκινθος ὑάκινθος, ὁ, ἡ, "the hyacinth", Il. , etc.;—a flower said to have sprung up from the blood of Hyacinthus or of Ajax; and the petals were thought to bear the letters αἰ, or αἰαι, Mosch. ; hence the epithet γραπτά in Theocr. The "hyacinth" seems to have comprehended several "dark blue" flowers: Hom. speaks of "dark" hair as ὑακινθίνῳ ἄνθει ὁμοῖαι, and Theocr. calls it "black." a precious stone, of blue colour, not (prob.) our "jacinth", but "the sapphire", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὑακίνθος, -ου, ό
[in LXX chiefly for תְּכֵלֶת ;]
hyacinth;
__(a) in cl., a flower, prob. the dark blue iris;
__(b) in late writers, a precious stone of the same colour, perhaps the sapphire: Rev.21:20 (Phil., FlJ, al.).†
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