ἄρκτος, ἄρκτου, ὁ, ἡ, or (so G L T Tr WH) ἄρκος, ἄρκου, ὁ, ἡ, a bear: Rev_13:2. (From Homer down.)

ἄρκος arkos 1x also spelled ἄρκτος , a bear, Rev_13:2

ἅρκος ( Rec. ( cl .) ἅρκιος ), [in LXX for H1677 ;] -ου , ὁ , ἡ , a bear: Rev_13:2 . (This form is also found in late Inscr .; MM , s.v. )†

ἄρκτος [page 77] Ἄρκος for ἄρκτος , as in Rev_13:2 (cf. 1 Kingd 17 .34 ) is found in the later inscriptions, as in a Praenestine mosaic, IGSI 1302 (= CIG III. 6131 b ) (time of Hadrian ?) : cf. ib. 2325, 2328, 2334. The still more contracted ἄρξ occurs in the Silko inscription OGIS 201 .17 (vi/A.D.), ἐγὼ γὰρ εἰς κάτω μέρη λέων εἰμί , καὶ εἰς ἄνω μέρη ἄρξ εἰμι : where see Dittenberger s note. MGr ἀρκούδα she-bear, as Thumb remarks, owes its origin to this by-form : he also ( Handb. p. 320) gives ἄρκος as current in Pontus.

ἄρκτος "a bear", Od. , etc. ἄρκτος, ἡ, the constellation "Ursa Major", also called ἅμαξα, "the Wain", (the star just behind is called Ἀρκτοῦρος "the Bearward", or Βοώτης "the Wagoner)", Hom. , etc. "the region of the bear, the North", sg., Hdt. , Eur.

ἅρκος (Rec. (cl.) ἅρκιος), [in LXX for דֹּב ;] -ου, ὁ, ἡ, a bear: Rev.13:2. (This form is also found in late Inscr.; MM, see word)† (AS)