ἶρις

iris · rainbow

Greek word · Strong’s number G2463 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

iris (ἶρις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “rainbow”.

Also a ring of light around something.

How to say it

i·ris

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A bow of colors in the sky, or a glowing ring around something.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Where it appears

  • Revelation 4:3

    And the one who sat there was like jasper and carnelian in appearance, and there was a rainbow around the throne like an emerald in appearance.

  • Revelation 10:1

    And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, and the rainbow was over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;