According to classical rabbinical literature, the Jebusites derived their name from the city of Jebus, the ancient Jerusalem, which they inhabited.

According to classical rabbinical literature, the specific agate was of a sky-blue colour, and though Jacinth now refers to a red-tinted clear gem-the Jacinth-this wasn't the case at the time the Book of Revelation was written, and at that time Jacinth appears to have referred to a bluish gem ; Pliny describes Jacinth as a dull and blueish amethyst, while Solinus describes it as a clear blue tinted gem-the modern Sapphire.

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