Definition

a leopard (from its stripes)

Etymology

from an unused root meaning properly, to filtrate, i.e. be limpid (comp H5247 (נִמְרָה) and H5249 (נִמְרִים)); and thus to spot or stain as if by dripping;

Word family

• נִמְרָה Nimrâh
• נִמְרִים Nimrîym

How the KJV renders it

• leopard

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.