JACINTH

Or HYACINTH, a gem of a yellowish red or hyacinth color, nearly related to zircon and to the amethyst. It loses its color by being heated, and resembles the diamond, Re 9:17 21:20. .

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Jacinth. 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.

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JACINTH. → A precious stone Re 9:17; 21:20

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jacinth. Jacinth, n. a gem, jewel, precious stone, hyacinth

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Ja″cinth (?), n. [[F. jacinthe, L. hyacinthus. See Hyacinth.]] See Hyacinth. Tennyson.