G2463: ἶρις
îris · “rainbow”
Definition
a rainbow ("iris")
KJV translates it as: rainbow
Word origin: perhaps from G2046 (ἐρέω) (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities);
Extended definition
ἶρις, -ιδος, ἡ
[in LXX: Exo.30:24 (קִדָּה)*, (קֶשֶׁת, Gen.9:13, Eze.1:28, is rendered by τόξον) ;]
1. Iris, the messenger of the gods.
2. a rainbow or halo: Rev.4:3 10:1.
3. The plant Iris (cf. Ex., l.with).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Exo.30:24 (קִדָּה)*, (קֶשֶׁת, Gen.9:13, Eze.1:28, is rendered by τόξον) ;]
1. Iris, the messenger of the gods.
2. a rainbow or halo: Rev.4:3 10:1.
3. The plant Iris (cf. Ex., l.with).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2463 is translated
- a rainbow ×1
- rainbow ×1
Bible verses with G2463 (îris)
Îris appears in 2 verses.
- Revelation 4:3
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
- Revelation 10:1
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: