ὑάκινθοςhyákinthos

hyacinth

Greek (New Testament) · G5192

Meanings

(a) in classical Greek, a flower, prob. the dark blue iris

(b) in late writers, a precious stone of the same colour, perhaps the sapphire: Revelation 21:20.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

  • Revelation 21:20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.