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Koine Greek wordlink #157313

SR GNT Rev 4:3 ἶρις (iris) ‘and sardius and a rainbow around the throne was’ Strongs=24630 Lemma=iris
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=96 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἶρις (N-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἶρις’ (N-NFS) has 2 different glosses: ‘a rainbow’, ‘rainbow’.

Rev 10:1 ‘in a cloud and the rainbow on the head’ SR GNT Rev 10:1 word 15

OET-LV: 10 And I _saw another messenger mighty, coming _down out _of the heaven, having _been _clothed in_a_cloud, and the rainbow on the head of _him, and the face of _him like the sun, and the feet of _him like pillars of _fire, (REV_10:1)

OET-RV: 10 Then in the vision I saw another powerful messenger coming down from heaven wrapped in a cloud and with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun and his feet were like pillars of fire, (REV 10:1)

Key: N=noun NFS=nominative,feminine,singular