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Lexicon :: Strong's G715 - arktos

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ἄρκτος
Transliteration
arktos (Key)
Pronunciation
ark'-tos
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from ἀρκέω (G714)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
12x in 5 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἄρκτος árktos, ark'-tos; probably from G714; a bear (as obstructing by ferocity):—bear.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G715 in the following manner: bear (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G715 in the following manner: bear (1x).
  1. a bear

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄρκτος árktos, ark'-tos; probably from G714; a bear (as obstructing by ferocity):—bear.
STRONGS G715:
ἄρκτος, -ου, , , or [so G L T Tr WH] ἄρκος, -ου, , , a bear: Revelation 13:2. [From Homer down.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Revelation
13:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G715 matches the Greek ἄρκτος (arktos),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35 - and the Amorites persisted in [fn]living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; but the hand of the house of Joseph became heavy, and they became forced labor.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David said to Saul, “Your servant was shepherding his father’s sheep. And a lion and a bear would come and take a lamb from the flock,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - “Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has [fn]reproached the battle lines of the living God.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37 - And David said, “Yahweh, who delivered me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may Yahweh be with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:8 - Then Hushai said, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men and they are bitter of soul, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. And your father is a man of war, and will not spend the night with the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - Then he looked behind him and saw them. And he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of [fn]their number.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:7 -

Also the cow and the bear will graze,

Their young will lie down together,

And the lion will eat straw like the ox.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 -

All of us growl like bears,

And moan sadly like doves;

We hope for justice, but there is none,

For salvation, but it is far from us.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:10 -

Daleth

He is to me like a bear lying in wait,

Like a lion in secret places.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:5 - “And behold, another beast, a second one in the likeness of a bear. And it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and thus they said to it, ‘Arise, devour much meat!’
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8 -

I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs,

And I will tear open [fn]the chest enclosing their heart;

There I will also devour them like a lioness,

As a beast of the field would rip them open.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 -

As when a man flees from a lion

And a bear meets him;

[fn]Or he goes home, leans his hand against the wall,

And a snake bites him.

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