THE BIBLOPEDIA
Jacinth
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
THE DICTIONARY — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth), and hence a precious stone of that colour (Revelation 21:20). It has been supposed to designate the same stone as the ligure (Hebrews leshem) mentioned in Exodus 28:19 as the first stone of the third row in the high priest’s breast-plate. In Revelation 9:17 the word is simply descriptive of colour.
THE FULL ARTICLE — from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.
ja'-sinth.
See HYACINTH; STONES, PRECIOUS.