Strong’s G5191 · Greek

ὑακίνθινος
hyakínthinos

Definition

"hyacinthine" or "jacinthine", i.e. deep blue

Etymology

from G5192 (ὑάκινθος);

Where the KJV renders it

  • jacinth

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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