Jacinth

Jacinth

Jacinth is a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone. Jacinth is also a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth), and hence a precious stone of that colour (Revelation 21:20). It has been supposed to designate the same stone as the ligure (Hebrew leshem) mentioned in Exodus 28:19 as the first stone of the third row in the high priest's breast-plate, the Hoshen. In Revelation 9:17 the word is simply descriptive of colour.

"Jacinths" are mentioned as decorating the city of Iram in Richard Francis Burton's translation of the Arabian Nights.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson used the word 'jacinth' in his epic Morte D'Arthur, describing the jewelled hilt of Excalibur:

::"There drew he forth the brand Excalibur," ::"And o'er him, drawing it, the winter moon," ::"Brightening the skirts of a long cloud, ran forth" ::"And sparkled keen with frost against the hilt:" ::"For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks," ::"Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth work" ::"Of subtlest jewellery."

J.R.R. Tolkien used the word 'jacinth' to describe the deep-blue wall of space in his poem, "The Happy Mariners":

::"Past sunless lands to fairy leas" ::"Where stars upon the jacinth wall of space" ::"Do tangle burst and interlace"


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  • Jacinth — Ja cinth, n. [F. jacinthe, L. hyacinthus. See {Hyacinth}.] See {Hyacinth}. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jacinth — [jā′sinth, jas′inth] n. [ME jacinte < OFr iacinte < L hyacinthus: see HYACINTH] 1. HYACINTH (sense 1b) 2. reddish orange …   English World dictionary

  • Jacinth — Not the modern (reddish orange) jacinth, but a blue stone; it is mentioned at Exod. 28:19 as being in the high priest s breastpiece. In Rev. 9:17 the colour of the breastpieces of jacinth (AV) worn by the horsemen in the seer s vision is likened… …   Dictionary of the Bible

  • jacinth — hiacintas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Hiacintinių (Hyacinthaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Hyacinthus). atitikmenys: lot. Hyacinthus angl. hyacinth; jacinth vok. Hyazinthe rus. гиацинт lenk. hiacynt …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • jacinth — noun Etymology: Middle English iacinct, from Anglo French jacinte, from Latin hyacinthus, a flowering plant, a gem Date: 13th century 1. hyacinth 2. a gem more nearly orange in color than a hyacinth …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • jacinth — /jay sinth, jas inth/, n. Mineral. hyacinth (def. 4). [1200 50; < ML jacinthus, L hyacinthus HYACINTH; r. ME jacinct < OF jacincte < ML jacinctus, var. of jacinthus] * * * …   Universalium

  • Jacinth — /jay sinth, jas inth/, n. a female given name, form of Hyacinth. * * * …   Universalium

  • jacinth — noun A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone. See Also: hyacinth …   Wiktionary

  • Jacinth —    Properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth), and hence a precious stone of that colour (Rev. 21:20). It has been supposed to designate the same stone as the ligure (Heb. leshem) mentioned in Ex. 28:19 as the first stone of… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

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