Strong's Greek · G2463
ἶρις
îris
Definitiona rainbow ("iris")
Derivationperhaps from G2046 (ἐρέω) (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities);
KJV usagerainbow
Occurrences2 in the KJV · 2 verses
ἶρις in Scripture
Revelation 4:3
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.
Revelation 10:1
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: