Iris means “rainbow” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2463 — chelbon (“Helbah”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2463 ἶρις (iris) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. iris (ee'-ris) n. 1. a rainbow ("iris") [perhaps from G2046 (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities)] It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include rainbow. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
iris (ee'-ris) n. 1. a rainbow ("iris") [perhaps from G2046 (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities)] KJV: rainbow Root(s): G2046
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2463. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
rainbow
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render iris, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2463 (ἶρις) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
And 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.
And 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:
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
and of cassia five hundred shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2463.
and of cassia five hundred shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.
And 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.
And 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:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2463, grouped by book.
Iris (Strong's G2463) is a Greek word most simply glossed "rainbow". iris (ee'-ris) n. 1. a rainbow ("iris") [perhaps from G2046 (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities)]
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G2463 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2463 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as rainbow. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G2463, with linked reader references where each row is available.