Category:Jacinth

Ja"cinth, n. Etym: [F. jacinthe, L. hyacinthus. See Hyacinth.]

Defn: See Hyacinth. Tennyson.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Jacinth - Properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth), and hence a precious stone of that color (Revelation 21:20). It has been supposed to designate the same stone as the ligure (Heb. 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 color.