Strong's #2463: iris (pronounced ee'-ris)

perhaps from 2046 (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities); a rainbow ("iris"):--rainbow.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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iris

1) a rainbow

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: perhaps from G2046 (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities)

Citing in TDNT: 3:339, 369

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

 

Revelation 4:3: "a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight"
Revelation 10:1: "clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his"