Like unto a leopard (ομοιον παρδαλε). Associative-instrumental case of παρδαλις, old word for panther, leopard, here only in N.T. …

And the beast which I saw was like to a leopard. For a description of the leopard, see Barnes on Daniel 7:6.

It is distinguished fo…

And the beast . . .—The wild beast combined the features of three wild animals: the leopard, the bear, the lion. In Daniel’s visio…

(1a) Most modern translations include v.1a as the concluding verse of ch. 12 because they adopt manuscripts that read “he [i.e., the dragon] stood”…

And the beast which I saw was like to a leopard
To which the Grecian kingdom is compared in (Daniel 7:6); because …

The apostle, standing on the shore, saw a savage beast rise out of the sea—a tyrannical, idolatrous, persecuting power, springing up out of the tro…