G2463 ἶρις

Strong's Greek Concordance · 2 KJV occurrences

ἶρις

îris

Definition

a rainbow ("iris")

KJV Renderings

rainbow

Derivation / Etymology

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

KJV Verses (2)

Revelation 4:3And 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.
Revelation 10:1And 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: