Hyacinth
Every entry below is printed as its editors wrote it, with the edition named.
Smith's 1884
used in the Revised Version for jacinth in (Revelation 9:17) It is simply another English spelling of the same Greek word.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · public domain
ISBE 1915
From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.
hi'-a-sinth (huakinthos): the Revised Version (British and American) uses this word in Re 9:17 for the King James Version "jacinth," with reference, not to stone, but to dark-purple color. In Re 21:20, where stone is meant, the Revised Version (British and American) translations "sapphire."
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain
In Scripture
2 references found in the entries above · verse links open the World English Bible
Sources
- Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · Public domain
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · Public domain