◄ 2463. iris ►
Strong's Concordance iris: a rainbow Original Word: ἶρις, ιδος, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: iris Phonetic Spelling: (ee'-ris) Short Definition: a rainbow Definition: a rainbow or halo. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2463: ἶρις ἶρις, ἰριδος, ἡ (Iris), a rainbow: Revelation 4:3; Revelation 10:1. (Homer, Aristotle, Theophrastus, others). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance rainbow. Perhaps from ereo (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities); a rainbow ("iris") -- rainbow. see GREEK ereo Forms and Transliterations ίρεως ιρις ίρις ἶρις iris îris Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 2463 2 Occurrences ἶρις — 2 Occ. Revelation 4:3 N-NFS GRK: σαρδίῳ καὶ ἶρις κυκλόθεν τοῦ NAS: in appearance; and [there was] a rainbow around KJV: and [there was] a rainbow round about INT: a sardius and a rainbow [was] around the Revelation 10:1 N-NFS GRK: καὶ ἡ ἶρις ἐπὶ τῆς NAS: with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, KJV: and a rainbow [was] upon INT: and a rainbow on the 2 Occurrences