2463. iris
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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.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
a rainbow
NASB Translation
rainbow (2).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 2463: ἶρις

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



Strong's
rainbow.

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

see GREEK ereo

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