noun · feminine

irias

Greekἶρις (iris)

Strong’sG2463

a rainbow

stem iri-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

rainbow2×

What it means

ἶρις, -ιδος, ἡ,

[in LXX: Ex 30:24 (קִדָּה)*, (קֶשֶׁת, Ge 9:13, Ez 1:28, is rendered by τόξον);]

1. Iris, the messenger of the gods.

2. a rainbow or halo: Re 4:3 10:1.

3. The plant Iris (cf. Ex 30:24).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2463 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidee'-ris

a rainbow ("iris")

Fromperhaps from G2046 (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities);

King Jamesrainbow.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	irias2×ἶρις	iriais
object accusative	irian	iriain
direct address vocative	iriar	iriair
of, belonging to genitive	iriau	iriaiu
to, for dative	iria	iriai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

iristem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

iria is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

irias“rainbow”subjectnominative singular2×

Revelation 4:3“rainbow”kai tos katherōtos homoios horasia litho iaspia kai sardie, kai irias kuklothen tou thronou homoios horasia smaragdino.The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.

Revelation 10:1“rainbow”Kai horama allon angelon ischuron katabainarōton ek tou ouranou, periballerēton nefelan, kai tas irias epi tan kefalan autou, kai tem prosōpem autou hōs tos hēlios, kai tois podois autou hōs stulois pureu,Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.