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.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
beast	θηρίον thērion	G2342	a dangerous animal · noun — nominative singular neuter
which	ὃ ho	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — accusative singular neuter
saw	εἶδον eidon	G1492	used only in certain past tenses · verb — second aorist active indicative, 1st person singular
was	ἦν ēn	G2258	I (thou
unto	ὅμοιον homoion	G3664	similar (in appearance or character) · adjective — nominative singular neuter
leopard	παρδάλει pardalei	G3917	a leopard · noun — dative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
his	αὐτοῦ autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular neuter
feet	πόδες podes	G4228	a "foot" (figuratively or literally) · noun — nominative plural masculine
as	ὡς hōs	G5613	which how · particle
bear	ἄρκου arkou	G715	a bear (as obstructing by ferocity) · noun — genitive singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
his	αὐτοῦ autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular neuter
mouth	στόμα stoma	G4750	the mouth (as if a gash in the face) · noun — nominative singular neuter
as	ὡς hōs	G5613	which how · particle
mouth	στόμα stoma	G4750	the mouth (as if a gash in the face) · noun — nominative singular neuter
lion	λέοντος. leontos	G3023	a "lion" · noun — genitive singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
dragon	δράκων drakōn	G1404	a fabulous kind of serpent (perhaps as supposed to fasc… · noun — nominative singular masculine
gave	ἔδωκεν edōken	G1325	to give (used in a very wide application · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
him	αὐτῷ autō	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative singular neuter
his	αὐτοῦ autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular neuter
power	δύναμιν dunamin	G1411	force (literally or figuratively) · noun — accusative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
his	αὐτοῦ autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular neuter
seat	θρόνον thronon	G2362	a stately seat ("throne") · noun — accusative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
great	μεγάλην. megalēn	G3173	big (literally or figuratively · adjective — accusative singular feminine
authority	ἐξουσίαν exousian	G1849	privilege · noun — accusative singular feminine

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Daniel 7:4-7 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and mad…
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the…
Revelation 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast…
Revelation 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Revelation 12:3-4 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his head…
Revelation 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
Revelation 12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 13:1-10

We have here an account of the rise, figure, and progress of the first beast; and observe, 1. From what situation the apostle saw this monster. He seemed to himself to stand upon the sea-shore, though it is probable he was still in a rapture; but he took himself to be in the island Patmos, but whether in the body or out of the body he could not tell. 2. Whence this beast came - out of the sea; and yet, by the description of it, it would seem more likely to be a land-monster; but the more monstrous every thing about it was the more proper an emblem it would be to set forth the mystery of iniquity and tyranny. 3. What was the form and shape of this beast. It was for the most part like a leopar…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 13:2

leopard . . . bear . . . lion--This beast unites in itself the God-opposed characteristics of the three preceding kingdoms, resembling respectively the leopard, bear, and lion. It rises up out of the sea, as Daniel's four beasts, and has ten horns, as Daniel's fourth beast, and seven heads, as Daniel's four beasts had in all, namely, one on the first, one on the second, four on the third, and one on the fourth. Thus it represents comprehensively in one figure the world power (which in Daniel is represented by four) of all times and places, not merely of one period and one locality, viewed as opposed to God; just as the woman is the Church of all ages. This view is favored also by the fact, t…

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Adam Clarke on Revelation 13:2

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard - This similitude of the beast to a leopard appears to be an allusion to the third beast of Daniel, which is well known to represent the empire of the Greeks. The Latin empire greatly resembled the modern empire of the Greeks; for that the power of the Greeks was still said to be like a leopard, even after its subjugation by the Romans, is evident from Dan 7:12 : "As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time." The Latin empire was, in the first place, like to its contemporary, because both adhered to an idolatrous system of worship, professedly Christian, but re…

The Church Fathers

And the dragon gave him his power. Thus the Apostle, speaking of the body of the devil, says: His coming is according to the working of Satan with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish (2 Thessalonians II).
— Bede, Commentary on Revelation

"His feet were as the feet of a bear." A strong and most unclean beast, the feet are to be understood as his leaders. "And his mouth as the mouth of a lion." That is, his mouth armed for blood is his bidding, and a tongue which will proceed to nothing else than to the shedding of blood.
— Victorinus of Pettau, Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John

And the beast I saw was like a leopard, etc. It is compared to a leopard because of the diversity of nations; to a bear, because of its malice and ferocity; to a lion, because of its physical strength and the arrogance of its tongue. In Daniel, we read that the kingdom of the Chaldeans is compared to a lioness, that of the Persians to a bear, and that of the Macedonians to a leopard.
— Bede, Commentary on Revelation

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Dictionary and topics

Leopard — (Heb. namer, so called because spotted, Cant. 4:8), was that great spotted feline which anciently infested the mountains of Syria, more appropriately called a panther (Felis pardus). Its fierceness…
B · Illustrative of: Antichrist — Illustrative of: Antichrist
Bear, The · Illustrative of: The kingdom of Antichrist — Illustrative of: The kingdom of Antichrist
Dragon, The · Illustrative: Of the devil — Illustrative: Of the devil
Leopard · Illustrative: Of antichrist — Illustrative: Of antichrist
Lion · .Margin) — .Margin)

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Revelation 13:2

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 13:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 13:2

Adam Clarke on Revelation 13:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Revelation 13:2

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 13:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 13:2

Adam Clarke on Revelation 13:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Revelation 13:2

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Revelation 13:2