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Leopard

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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The Hebrew word,namer, signifies a 'spotted' animal. This well-known wild animal is introduced by the prophet as an illustration: as the leopard cannot change its spots, no more can rebellious man change his nature. Jeremiah 13:23 . The leopard is also represented as lying in wait and watching its prey, and acting with swiftness. Jeremiah 5:6; Hosea 13:7; Habakkuk 1:8 . The Grecian kingdom was compared to a leopard with four wings, Daniel 7:6; and it answered to this in the rapidity of its conquests. The future Roman empire is symbolically likened to a leopard, but having the feet of a bear, and the mouth of a lion: that is, like no known beast, but symbolically uniting the characteristics of the three former powers. Revelation 13:2 . In the millennium "the leopard shall lie down with the kid." Isaiah 11:6 . The common leopard is the Leopardus varius.

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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Leopard'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​mbd/​l/leopard.html. 1897.
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