Dict: smith - JACINTH

smith:

JACINTH - J>@ - a precious stone, forming one of the foundations of the walls of the new Jerusalem. kjv@Revelation:21:20) Called hyacinth in the Revised Version. This is simply a different English rendering of the same Greek original. It is probably identical with the lighure of kjv@Exodus:28:19) The Jacinth or hyacinth is a red variety of zircon, which is found in square prisms of a white, gray, red, reddish-brown, yellow or pale-green color. The expression in kjv@Revelation:9:17) "of jacinth," is descriptive simply of a dark-purple color.