STRONGS NUMBER G2463


Word Summary
iris: a rainbow
Original Word: ἶρις
Transliteration: iris
Phonetic Spelling: (ee'-ris)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a rainbow
Meaning: a rainbow
Strong's Concordance
rainbow.

Perhaps from ereo (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities); a rainbow ("iris") -- rainbow.

see GREEK ereo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2463: ἶρις

ἶρις, ἰριδος, (Iris), a rainbow: Revelation 4:3; Revelation 10:1. (Homer, Aristotle, Theophrastus, others).