Strong G5192ὑάκινθος
hyacinth
- Transliteration
- huakinthos
- Pronunciation
- hoo-ak'-in-thos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; the hyacinth or jacinth that is some gem of a deep blue color probably the zirkon: - jacinth.
Detailed definition
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: Rev.21:20 (Phil., FlJ, al.).†
(AS)
[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: Rev.21:20 (Phil., FlJ, al.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5192 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jacinth1
First verses
- Revelation 21:20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Ὑάκινθος [ῠᾰ], ὁ,
Hyacinthus, a Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, who killed him by an unlucky cast of the discus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1469 (Lyric poetry), 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 3.10.3, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.1.3: compare Ὑακίνθια.)]
B as appellative,
B.I ὑάκινθος, ὁ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.348, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.35.4)]; but ἡ in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 94, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.8.2, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus, etc. (see. below))]:—wild hyacinth, bluebell, Scilla bifolia, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place], “hymnus ad Cererem” 7, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.8.1, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.62.)]
B.I.2 blue larkspur, Delphinium Ajacis, ὑ. σπαρτή [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.8.2)]; 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+ (compare 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.6)]; hence the epithets γραπτά [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.28; αἰαστής 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.31; πολύθρηνος [prev. author] “Th.” 902; πολύκλαυτος “IG” 14.607; cf. Pseudo-Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.73.)]
B.I.3 ὑ. πορφυρέη, probably Lilium Martagon, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 40, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.146 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).)]
B.II ὑάκινθος, ἡ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus, ὁ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus and 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]:—a precious stone, of blue colour [Refs 1st c.AD+ ((1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.7.7))], perhaps aquamarine, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Rev. 21.20, “Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” 56, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Syr.D.” 32, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.30, “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 11.12.1, etc.; compare 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 37.125.)]
B.III name of a blue colour, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.6.1, “PHolm.” 17.3)]; blue stuff, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Exo.28.8, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.148, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.5.4; χιτώνια τὴν χροιὰν ὑακίνθου 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 34.6.)]
Hyacinthus, a Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, who killed him by an unlucky cast of the discus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1469 (Lyric poetry), 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 3.10.3, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.1.3: compare Ὑακίνθια.)]
B as appellative,
B.I ὑάκινθος, ὁ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.348, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.35.4)]; but ἡ in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 94, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.8.2, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus, etc. (see. below))]:—wild hyacinth, bluebell, Scilla bifolia, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place], “hymnus ad Cererem” 7, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.8.1, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.62.)]
B.I.2 blue larkspur, Delphinium Ajacis, ὑ. σπαρτή [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.8.2)]; 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+ (compare 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.6)]; hence the epithets γραπτά [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.28; αἰαστής 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.31; πολύθρηνος [prev. author] “Th.” 902; πολύκλαυτος “IG” 14.607; cf. Pseudo-Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.73.)]
B.I.3 ὑ. πορφυρέη, probably Lilium Martagon, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 40, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.146 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).)]
B.II ὑάκινθος, ἡ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus, ὁ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus and 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]:—a precious stone, of blue colour [Refs 1st c.AD+ ((1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.7.7))], perhaps aquamarine, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Rev. 21.20, “Periplus Maris Rubri [1st c.AD]” 56, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Syr.D.” 32, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 2.30, “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 11.12.1, etc.; compare 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 37.125.)]
B.III name of a blue colour, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.6.1, “PHolm.” 17.3)]; blue stuff, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Exo.28.8, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.148, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.5.4; χιτώνια τὴν χροιὰν ὑακίνθου 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 34.6.)]