Strong G715ἄρκτος
bear
- Transliteration
- arktos
- Pronunciation
- ark'-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably from G714; a bear (as obstructing by ferocity): - bear.
Detailed definition
ἅρκος
(Rec. (cl.) ἅρκιος), [in LXX for דֹּב;] -ου, ὁ, ἡ,
a bear: Rev.13:2. (This form is also found in late Inscr.; MM, see word)†
(AS)
(Rec. (cl.) ἅρκιος), [in LXX for דֹּב;] -ου, ὁ, ἡ,
a bear: Rev.13:2. (This form is also found in late Inscr.; MM, see word)†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G715 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bear1
First verses
- Revelation 13:2And 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.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄρκτος, ἡ,
bear, especially Ursus arctos, brown bear, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.611, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 223, “hymnus ad Venerem” 159, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.191, etc.)]: the instances of the masculine are uncertain [Refs 4th c.BC+ ((4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Coloribus” 798a26 is inconclusive))], the feminine being used even when both sexes are included, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 539b33.)]
2 Ἄρκτος, ἡ, the constellation Ursa Major, Ἄρκτον θ᾽, ἣν καὶ Ἄμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.487, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.273, compare 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 120, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1154, etc.; τὰ ὑπὸ τὴν Ἄ. ἀοίκητα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.10; Ἄρκτου στροφάδες κέλευθοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 131 (Lyric poetry); Ἄρκτου στροφάς τε καὶ Κυνὸς ψυχρὰν δύσιν [prev. author] “fragment” 432.11)]: in plural, the Greater and Lesser Bears, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 27)]; Ἄ. μικρά, μεγάλη, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.5.35, 36, compare 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 2.41.105.)]
3 the north, πρὸς ἄρκτον τετραμμένος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.148, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 733 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.165, etc.; ἀπὸ ἄ. “IG” 5(2).444.11 (from Megalopolis), +others: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 5 and 19, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 118b, etc.)]
3.b ἡ ἑτέρα ἄ. the south pole, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 362a32.)]
II ἄρκτος, ἡ, at Athens a girl appointed to the service of Artemis Brauronia or Ἀρχηγέτις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hyps.fragment” 57, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 645.)]
III a kind of crab, probably Scyllarus arctus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 549b23, compare 4th c.BC: Speusippus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.105b, 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.45, 4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 56.)]
IV ἄρκτου δένδρον, ={ἀκτῆ}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.173)]. (Cf. Sanskrit ṛk[snull]as, Latin ursus, etc.)
bear, especially Ursus arctos, brown bear, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.611, “hymnus ad Mercurium” 223, “hymnus ad Venerem” 159, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.191, etc.)]: the instances of the masculine are uncertain [Refs 4th c.BC+ ((4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Coloribus” 798a26 is inconclusive))], the feminine being used even when both sexes are included, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 539b33.)]
2 Ἄρκτος, ἡ, the constellation Ursa Major, Ἄρκτον θ᾽, ἣν καὶ Ἄμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.487, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.273, compare 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 120, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1154, etc.; τὰ ὑπὸ τὴν Ἄ. ἀοίκητα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.10; Ἄρκτου στροφάδες κέλευθοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 131 (Lyric poetry); Ἄρκτου στροφάς τε καὶ Κυνὸς ψυχρὰν δύσιν [prev. author] “fragment” 432.11)]: in plural, the Greater and Lesser Bears, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 27)]; Ἄ. μικρά, μεγάλη, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.5.35, 36, compare 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 2.41.105.)]
3 the north, πρὸς ἄρκτον τετραμμένος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.148, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 733 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.165, etc.; ἀπὸ ἄ. “IG” 5(2).444.11 (from Megalopolis), +others: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 5 and 19, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 118b, etc.)]
3.b ἡ ἑτέρα ἄ. the south pole, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 362a32.)]
II ἄρκτος, ἡ, at Athens a girl appointed to the service of Artemis Brauronia or Ἀρχηγέτις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hyps.fragment” 57, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 645.)]
III a kind of crab, probably Scyllarus arctus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 549b23, compare 4th c.BC: Speusippus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.105b, 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.45, 4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 56.)]
IV ἄρκτου δένδρον, ={ἀκτῆ}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.173)]. (Cf. Sanskrit ṛk[snull]as, Latin ursus, etc.)