Hyacinth
ὑάκινθοςStrong’s G5192huakinthos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Huakinthos is the Greek word usually translated “jacinth”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.”
Meaning
Usually translated “jacinth”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- jacinth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ὑάκινθος huakinthos · hyacinth
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.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hyacinth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HY'ACINTH, noun
[Latin hyacinthus.]
- In botany, a genus of plants, of several species, and a great number of varieties.
- In mineralogy, a mineral, a variety of zircon, whose crystals, when distinct, have the form of a four-sided prism, terminated by four rhombic planes, which stand on the lateral edges.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.