Original Word: ἶρις
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: iris
Pronunciation: EE-ris
Phonetic Spelling: (ee'-ris)
KJV: rainbow
NASB: rainbow
Word Origin: [perhaps from G2046 (ἐρέω - To say) (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities)]

1. a rainbow ("iris")

rainbow.

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

see GREEK ereo

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

STRONGS NT 2463: ἶρις

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

Forms and Transliterations

ίρεως ιρις ίρις ἶρις iris îris

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