Leopard
lep'-erd ((1) namer (Song 4:8; Isa 11:6; Jer 5:6; 13:23; Hos
13:7; Hab 1:8); compare Arabic nimr, "leopard." (2) Chaldaic
nemar (Dan 7:6). (3) pardalis (Rev 13:2; Ecclesiasticus
28:23); compare nimrim Nimrim (Isa 15:6; Jer 48:34), nimrah,
Nimrah (Nu 32:3), and beth-nimrah, Beth-nimrah (Nu 32:36;
Josh 13:27)): The leopard is found throughout Af...
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-A carnivorous animal
So 4:8
-Fierceness of
Jer 5:6; 13:23; Ho 13:7; Hab 1:8
-FIGURATIVE
Da 7:6
Taming of, the triumph of the gospel
Isa 11:6...
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(Heb. namer) is invariably given by the Authorized Version as
the translation of the Hebrew word, which occurs in the seven
following passages: So 4:8; Isa 11:6; Jer 5:6; 13:23; Da 7:6;
Ho 13:7; Habb 1:8
Leopard occurs also in Ecclus. 28:23 and in Re 13:2
From So 4:8 we learn that the hilly ranges of Lebanon were in
ancient times frequented b...
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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 ...
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Famed for swiftness and agility (Habakkuk 1:8); "you would
fancy it was flying" (Oppian Cyneg., iii. 76); it climbs
trees, and can crawl along the ground. Hence the symbol for
Greece and Alexander's rapid victories (Daniel 7:6; Revelation
13:2). The prevalence of leopards anciently in Israel is
marked by the many places named from them (namer,...
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And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his
feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth
of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat,
and great authority....
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Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, [and] a
wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch
over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be
torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, [and]
their backslidings are increased....
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The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall
lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the
fatling together; and a little child shall lead them....
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Leopard. - Under this name come a certain number of carnivorous animals more or less resembling the real leopard (felis leopardus), namely felis jubata, felis lynx, felis uncia, etc., all formerly numerous throughout Israel, and even now occasionally found, especially in the woody districts. The leopard is taken by the Biblical writers as a type of...
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