H5246: נָמֵר
nâmêr · pronounced naw-mare' · “leopard”
Definition
a leopard (from its stripes)
KJV translates it as: leopard.
Word origin: from an unused root meaning properly, to filtrate, i.e. be limpid (comp H5247 (נִמְרָה) and H5249 (נִמְרִים)); and thus to spot or stain as if by dripping;
Extended definition
Aramaic equivalent: ne.mar (נְמַר "leopard" H5245)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5246 is translated
- a leopard ×3
- leopards ×2
- leopard ×1
Bible verses with H5246 (nâmêr)
Nâmêr appears in 6 verses.
- Song of Solomon 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hosea 13:7
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
- 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.