Jacinth

Properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth), and hence a precious stone of that colour (Rev. 21:20). It has been supposed to designate the same stone as the ligure (Heb. leshem) mentioned in Ex. 28:19 as the first stone of the third row in the high priest’s breast-plate. In Rev. 9:17 the word is simply descriptive of colour.

a precious stone, forming one of the foundations of the walls of the new Jerusalem. (Revelation 21:20) Called hyacinth in the Revised Version. This is simply a different English rendering of the same Greek original. It is probably identical with the lighure of (Exodus 28:19) The Jacinth or hyacinth is a red variety of zircon, which is found in square prisms of a white, gray, red, reddish-brown, yellow or pale-green color. The expression in (Revelation 9:17) “of jacinth,” is descriptive simply of a dark-purple color.

JACINTH, or HY'ACINTH, probably the same as the ligure, Ex 28:19, a gem of a yellowish-red or a dark-purple color, resembling the amethyst. Rev 9:17; Rev 21:20. In the former passage there is reference merely to its color.

JACINTH, or HY'ACINTH, probably the same as the ligure, Ex 28:19, a gem of a yellowish-red or a dark-purple color, resembling the amethyst. Rev 9:17; Rev 21:20. In the former passage there is reference merely to its color.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

See Hyacinth. Tennyson.