STRONGS G5192:
ὑάκινθος,
ὑακίνθου,
ὁ,
hyacinth, the name of a flower (
Homer and other poets;
Theophrastus), also of a precious stone of the same color, i. e. dark-blue verging toward black (
A. V. jacinth (so
R. V. with marginal reading
sapphire); cf.
B. D., under the word;
Riehm, under the word Edelsteine 9) (
Philo, Joseph,
Galen,
Heliodorus, others;
Pliny, h. n. 37, 9, 41):
Revelation 21:20.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's