Îris — G2463

Definition

feminine noun

a rainbow ("iris")

Usually translated as

rainbow

Origin

perhaps from G2046 (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities)

• eréō (G2046)

Occurrences

Îris occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Revelation (2)

• Revelation 4:3 — And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow (ἶρις) 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 (ἶρις) was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: