Leopard

  • Inhabited mountains of Canaan.

    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.

  • DESCRIBED AS
    • Spotted.

      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.

    • leopard (KJV Dictionary)

    • Fierce and cruel.

      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.

    • Swift.

      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.

  • Lies in wait for its prey.

    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.

    Hosea 13:7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

  • See LEOPARD in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.

  • ILLUSTRATIVE
    • Of God in His judgments.

      Hosea 13:7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

    • Of the Macedonian empire.

      Daniel 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

    • Bible concordance for LEOPARD

    • Of antichrist.

      Revelation 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

    • (Tamed,) of the wicked subdued by the gospel.

      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.

See Leopard in McClintock and Strong.

 
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