hyacinth • ὑάκινθος • G5192 — Bruhman Translator's Bible

Lexical Definition

‎ὑάκινθος‎ hyákinthos (hoo-ak'-in-thos) hyacinth ^G:N-M
of uncertain derivation

jacinth.

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

Usage: 6 forms in 37 verses

Form	Translated As	In Verse(s)
ὑάκινθοσ	jacinth	Rev.21.20
υακίνθω	blue	LXX.Exod.38.23 • LXX.Exod.39.3 • LXX.2Chr.2.14 • LXX.Isa.3.23
υακίνθου	blue	LXX.Exod.26.1 • LXX.Exod.26.31 • LXX.Exod.26.36 • LXX.Exod.27.16 • LXX.Exod.28.8 • LXX.Exod.28.15 • LXX.Exod.28.28 • LXX.Exod.28.33 • LXX.Exod.28.37 • LXX.Exod.36.8 • LXX.Exod.36.35 • LXX.Exod.36.37 • LXX.Exod.38.18 • LXX.Exod.39.2 • LXX.Exod.39.5 • LXX.Exod.39.8 • LXX.Exod.39.21 • LXX.Exod.39.24 • LXX.Exod.39.29 • LXX.2Chr.3.14
υακίνθη	blue	LXX.2Chr.2.7
υάκινθοσ	in blue	LXX.Ezek.27.7
	of blue	LXX.Exod.35.23
υάκινθον	blue	LXX.Exod.25.4 • LXX.Exod.28.5 • LXX.Exod.31.4 • LXX.Exod.35.6 • LXX.Exod.35.25 • LXX.Exod.39.1 • LXX.Jer.10.9 • LXX.Ezek.16.10
	of blue	LXX.Ezek.27.24

Abbott-Smith

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

Abbott-Smith References

Book	Refs
Revelation	21:20

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὑάκινθος [ῠᾰ], ὁ,

Hyacinthus, a Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, who killed him by an unlucky cast of the discus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__B as appellative,
__B.I ὑάκινθος, ὁ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἡ in [Refs 7th c.BC+]:—wild hyacinth, bluebell, Scilla bifolia, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.I.2 blue larkspur, Delphinium Ajacis, ὑ. σπαρτή [Refs 4th c.BC+]; said to have sprung up from the blood of Hyacinthus or (accusative to others) of Telamonian Ajax: and the ancients thought they could decipher on the petals the initial letters AI, or the interj. AIAI,[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; hence the epithets γραπτά [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__B.I.3 ὑ. πορφυρέη, probably Lilium Martagon, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__B.II ὑάκινθος, ἡ [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—a precious stone, of blue colour [Refs 1st c.AD+], perhaps aquamarine, [NT+1st c.AD+]
__B.III name of a blue colour, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; blue stuff, [LXX+1st c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Exod.28.8}