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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἶρις

ἶρις

G2463

Transliteration: îris

Pronunciation: ee'-ris

Definition: rainbow


- Original: ἶρις

- Transliteration: Iris

- Phonetic: ee'-ris

- Definition:

1. a rainbow

- Origin: perhaps from G2046" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2046 (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities)

- TDNT entry: 08:39,4

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Perhaps from G2046" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2046 (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities); a rainbow (iris): - rainbow.


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