Bear Animal

† דֹּב n.m. Pr 28:15, f. 2 K 2:24 (seld.) bear (from soft or gliding motion, NH id., Ethiopic ድብ Assyrian dabû(?) DlS 55; Aramaic דּוּבָּא, ܕܶܒܳܐ; Arabic دُبٌّ, دُبَّةٌ, is however a loan-word cf. Hom NS 301 f.);—abs. דֹּב Am 5:19 + 5 times; דּוֹב 1 S 17:34 + 2 times; pl. דֻּבִּים 2 K 2:24; Is 59:11;—bear, female 2 K 2:24; 2 S 17:8; Pr 17:12; Ho 13:8 cf. Is 11:7; undetermined 1 S 17:34, 36, 37 Am 5:19 Pr 28:15; Is 59:11; La 3:10 (on art. 1 S 17:34; Am 5:19 cf. RSSem i 119 n.)

ἄρκτος, ἡ, bear, especially Ursus arctos, brown bear, Refs 8th c.BC+: the instances of the masculine are uncertain Refs 4th c.BC+, the feminine being used even when both sexes are included, Refs __2 Ἄρκτος, ἡ, the constellation Ursa Major, Ἄρκτον θ᾽, ἣν καὶ Ἄμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσινRefs 8th c.BC+: in plural, the Greater and Lesser Bears, Refs 4th c.BC+; Ἄ. μικρά, μεγάλη, Refs 1st c.BC+ __3 the north, πρὸς ἄρκτον τετραμμένοςRefs 5th c.BC+ __3.b ἡ ἑτέρα ἄ. the south pole, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II ἄρκτος, ἡ, at Athens a girl appointed to the service of Artemis Brauronia or Ἀρχηγέτις, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III a kind of crab, probably Scyllarus arctus, Refs 4th c.BC+ __IV ἄρκτου δένδρον, ={ἀκτῆ}, Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+. (Cf. Sanskrit ṛk[snull]as, Latin ursus, etc.)

† דֹּב n.[m.] bear (so 𝔗 BH √ דבב; Syriac ܕܶܒܳܐ );—abs. ד׳ Dn 7:5.