Strong's Definition
from an unused root meaning properly, to filtrate, i.e. be limpid (comp 5247 and 5249); and thus to spot or stain as if by dripping; a leopard (from its stripes)
KJV Usage: leopard
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָמֵר (na.mer) — leopard. leopard Aramaic equivalent: ne.mar (נְמַר "leopard" H5245)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Wild Animals | ≈ אֲרִי · אַרְיֵה · זְאֵב · כְּפִיר
leopard = one of the great cat family of about 2 m in length and of a yellowish brown color with black spots arranged in rosettes all over the body and the tail; ◄ Panthera pardus; ► hunts by stalking prey; ≈ symbol of violent danger
Wild Animals | ≈ זְאֵב
cheetah = one of the great cat family, spotted but slightly smaller and with longer legs than leopards; extremely fast; ◄ Acinonyx jubatus; ► symbol of speed
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נָמֵר n.m. leopard base
