Strong's Hebrew: 5246. נָמֵר (namer) -- a leopard

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Lexicon

namer: a leopard

Original Word: נָמֵר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: namer
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-mare')
Short Definition: leopard

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a leopard
NASB Translation
leopard (4), leopards (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

נָמֵר noun masculine^{Isaiah 11:6} leopard; — absolute ׳נ Hosea 13:7 3t.; plural נְמֵרִים Habakkuk 1:8; Songs 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); עִםגְּֿדִי יִרְבָּ֑ץ ׳נ Isaiah 11:6 (predict); חַרֲרֵי נְמֵרִים Songs 4:8 ("" מְעֹנוֺת אֲרָיוֺת).

Strong's

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