HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5246
נָמֵר
na.mer — leopard
leopard Aramaic equivalent: ne.mar (נְמַר "leopard" H5245)
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Leopard
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G3917
πάρδαλις
pardalis — leopard
πάρδαλις, -εως, ἡ [in LXX for נָמֵר, Sng.4:8, Hos.13:7, Isa.11:6, al. ;] a panther, leopard: Rev.13:2.† (AS)
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נְמַר
ne.mar — leopard
leopard Aramaic of na.mer (נָמֵר "leopard" H5246)
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בֵּית נִמְרָה
bet nim.rah — Beth-nimrah
Beth-Nimrah = "house of the leopard" a place east of the Jordan in Gad Also named: nim.rah (נִמְרָה "Nimrah" H5247)
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πάνθηρ
panthēr — a panther
the panther or leopard , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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(Heb. namer, so called because spotted, Cant. 4:8), was that great spotted feline which anciently infested the mountains of Syria, more appropriately called a panther (Felis pardus). Its fierceness (Isa. 11:6), its watching for its prey (Jer. 5:6), its swiftness (Hab. 1:8), and the spots of its skin (Jer. 13:23), are noticed. This word is used symbolically (Dan. 7:6; Rev. 13:2).
Scripture references
Song of Solomon 4:8Isaiah 11:6Jeremiah 5:6Habakkuk 1:8Jeremiah 13:23Daniel 7:6Revelation 13:2Hosea 13:7Sir 28:23
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.