Strong H5246נָמֵר

leopard

Transliteration
nâmêr
Pronunciation
naw-mare'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From an unused root meaning properly to {filtrate} that {is} be limpid (compare H5247 and H5249); and thus to spot or stain as if by dripping; a leopard (from its stripes): - leopard.

Detailed definition

leopard
Aramaic equivalent: ne.mar (נְמַר "leopard" H5245)

In the Bible

Strong H5246 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • leopard6

First verses

  1. Song of Songs 4:8
    Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
  2. Isaiah 11:6
    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.
  3. Jeremiah 5:6
    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.
  4. Jeremiah 13:23
    Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
  5. Hosea 13:7
    Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
  6. Habakkuk 1:8
    Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
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