2463 - iris

Strong's Concordance

Original word: ἶρις
Transliteration: iris
Definition (short): rainbow
Definition (full): a rainbow

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: of uncertain origin
Definition: a rainbow
NASB Translation: rainbow (2).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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

see GREEK ereo

References

Strong's 2463: 2 Occurrences
KJV: 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.
NASB: And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.
KJV: 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:
NASB: I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;