Strong G2463ἶρις
rainbow
- Transliteration
- iris
- Pronunciation
- ee'-ris
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Perhaps from G2046 (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities); a rainbow (iris): - rainbow.
Detailed definition
ἶρις, -ιδος, ἡ
[in LXX: Exo.30:24 (קִדָּה)*, (קֶשֶׁת, Gen.9:13, Eze.1:28, is rendered by τόξον);]
1. Iris, the messenger of the gods.
2. a rainbow or halo: Rev.4:3 10:1.
3. The plant Iris (cf. Ex., l.with).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Exo.30:24 (קִדָּה)*, (קֶשֶׁת, Gen.9:13, Eze.1:28, is rendered by τόξον);]
1. Iris, the messenger of the gods.
2. a rainbow or halo: Rev.4:3 10:1.
3. The plant Iris (cf. Ex., l.with).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2463 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rainbow2
First verses
- 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:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: Ἶρις, ιδος, ἡ,
accusative Ἶριν, vocative Ἶρι:— “Iris”, the messenger of the gods among themselves, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.398 (never in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 780, etc. (Perh. from Ϝῖρις)], compare ὠκέα Ἶρις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.786, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place]; ὦκα δὲ Ἶρις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.198 (Papyrus); possibly also from Ἐϝῖρις: Εἶρις is the name of a ship, “IG” 22.1611c137 (4th c.BC), but ἶρις is written in “Michel” 832 (Samos, 4th c.BC): allegorized as προφορικὸς λόγος and derived from εἴρω by “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.43.))]
II as appellative, ἶρις, ἡ, genitive ἴριδος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.11.13, also εως 1st c.AD: Andromachus Poeta Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.43, “POxy.” 1088.34 (1st c.AD), “Geoponica” 6.8.1)]; accusative ἶριν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Michel” [same place], 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.664e, ἴριδα 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 406)]; Epic dialect dative plural ἴρισσιν (see. below):—rainbow, δράκοντες.., ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε, τέρας μερόπων ἀνθρώπων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.27, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 375a1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.51U.)]
II.2 any bright-coloured circle surrounding another body, as the lunar rainbow, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 375a18;)]halo of candle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 13; round the eyes of a peacock's tail, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dom.” 11)]; the iris of the eye, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 24, [2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus] 14.702)]; also, section through the ciliary region, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 10.2.)]
II.3 iridescent garment, [Refs (Michel [prev. cited])]
II.4 various species of the botanical genus iris, e.g. the purple Iris, I. germanica or pallida, εὐάνθεμον ἶριν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 4.1.9 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); τὸ ἄνθος πολλὰς ἔχει ἐν αὑτῷ ποικιλίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Coloribus” 796b26, compare 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 21.40)]; also, the white variety of it, I. florentina, from the rhizome of which the orris-root of commerce is made, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.7.2, “CP” 6.11.13, etc.; ἶρις Ἰλλυρική 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.1, compare 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 13.14)]: in this sense some wrote it oxytone ἰρίς, ίδος, [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 391.33, Scholia Nic. [prev. cited])]
II.5 a precious stone, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 37.136.)]
accusative Ἶριν, vocative Ἶρι:— “Iris”, the messenger of the gods among themselves, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.398 (never in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 780, etc. (Perh. from Ϝῖρις)], compare ὠκέα Ἶρις [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.786, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place]; ὦκα δὲ Ἶρις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.198 (Papyrus); possibly also from Ἐϝῖρις: Εἶρις is the name of a ship, “IG” 22.1611c137 (4th c.BC), but ἶρις is written in “Michel” 832 (Samos, 4th c.BC): allegorized as προφορικὸς λόγος and derived from εἴρω by “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.43.))]
II as appellative, ἶρις, ἡ, genitive ἴριδος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.11.13, also εως 1st c.AD: Andromachus Poeta Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.43, “POxy.” 1088.34 (1st c.AD), “Geoponica” 6.8.1)]; accusative ἶριν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Michel” [same place], 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.664e, ἴριδα 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 406)]; Epic dialect dative plural ἴρισσιν (see. below):—rainbow, δράκοντες.., ἴρισσιν ἐοικότες, ἅς τε Κρονίων ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε, τέρας μερόπων ἀνθρώπων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.27, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 375a1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.51U.)]
II.2 any bright-coloured circle surrounding another body, as the lunar rainbow, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 375a18;)]halo of candle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 13; round the eyes of a peacock's tail, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dom.” 11)]; the iris of the eye, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 24, [2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus] 14.702)]; also, section through the ciliary region, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 10.2.)]
II.3 iridescent garment, [Refs (Michel [prev. cited])]
II.4 various species of the botanical genus iris, e.g. the purple Iris, I. germanica or pallida, εὐάνθεμον ἶριν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 4.1.9 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); τὸ ἄνθος πολλὰς ἔχει ἐν αὑτῷ ποικιλίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Coloribus” 796b26, compare 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 21.40)]; also, the white variety of it, I. florentina, from the rhizome of which the orris-root of commerce is made, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.7.2, “CP” 6.11.13, etc.; ἶρις Ἰλλυρική 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.1, compare 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 13.14)]: in this sense some wrote it oxytone ἰρίς, ίδος, [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 391.33, Scholia Nic. [prev. cited])]
II.5 a precious stone, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 37.136.)]