Quick Definition
a rainbow
Strong's Definition
a rainbow ("iris")
Derivation: perhaps from G2046 (ἐρέω) (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities);
KJV Usage: rainbow
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἶρις, ἰριδος, ἡ (Iris), a rainbow: Rev_4:3; Rev_10:1. (Homer, Aristotle, Theophrastus, others).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἶρις iris 2x
a rainbow, iris, Rev_4:3 ; Rev_10:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἶρις , -ιδος , ἡ ,
[in LXX : Exo_30:24 ( H6916 ) * , ( H7198 , Gen_9:13 , Eze_1:28 , is rendered by τόξον );]
1. Iris , the messenger of the gods.
2. a rain\-bow or halo: Rev_4:3 ; Rev_10:1 .
3. The plant Iris ( cf. Ex., l.c .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἶρις [page 306]
This subst. in its derived sense of the white iris plant, from whose aromatic root the orris-root of commerce is produced, occurs in P Tebt II. 414 .11 (ii/A.D.) ἐὰν κομψῶς σχῶ (cf. Joh_4:52 ) πέμψω [τ ]ῇ θυγατρί σου κοτ̣υ̣λην ἴρις ( l. ἴρεως ), if my health is good I will send a cotyle of orris-root for your daughter (Edd.).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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).†
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