STRONGS NUMBER H5246


Word Summary
namer: a leopard
Original Word: נָמֵר
Transliteration: namer
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-mare')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a leopard
Meaning: a leopard
Strong's Concordance
leopard

From an unused root meaning properly, to filtrate, i.e. Be limpid (comp Nimrah and Nimriym); and thus to spot or stain as if by dripping; a leopard (from its stripes) -- leopard.

see HEBREW Nimrah

see HEBREW Nimriym

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5246. namer

נָמֵרnoun masculineIsaiah 11:6 leopard; — absolute ׳נHosea 13:7 3t.; plural נְמֵרִיםHabakkuk 1:8; Song of Solomon 4:8; — leopard, as spotted Jeremiah 13:23, swift Habakkuk 1:8, keen-eyed Jeremiah 5:6 (symbol of calamities of Israel), so Hosea 13:7 (simile of ׳י‎); ׳נ יִרְבָּ֑ץ עִםגְּֿדִיIsaiah 11:6 (predict); נְמֵרִים חַרֲרֵיSong of Solomon 4:8 ("" אֲרָיוֺת מְעֹנוֺת‎).