Strong's G5192 · Greek

ὑάκινθος

huakinthos · hoo-ak'-in-thos

of uncertain derivation; the "hyacinth" or "jacinth", i.e. some gem of a deep blue color, probably the zirkon

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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ὑακίνθος (G5192)

1 ὑακίνθος , -ου, ό [in LXX chiefly for תְּכֵלֶת ;] hyacinth ; in cl., a flower, prob. the dark blue iris; in late writers, a precious stone of the same colour, perhaps the sapphire: Re 21:20 (Phil., FlJ, al.).†

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

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