noun · feminine

arkas

Greekἄρκος (arkos)

Strong’sG715

a bear

stem ark-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

bear’s1×

What it means

ἄρκος (Rec. (cl.) ἅρκιος),

[in LXX for דֹּב;]

-ου, ὁ, ἡ,

a bear: Re 13:2. (This form is also found in late Inscr.; MM, s.v.)†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G715 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidark'-tos

a bear (as obstructing by ferocity)

Fromprobably from G714;

King Jamesbear.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	arkas	arkais
object accusative	arkan	arkain
direct address vocative	arkar	arkair
of, belonging to genitive	arkau1×ἄρκου	arkaiu
to, for dative	arka	arkai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

arkstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

arka is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

arkamō — ἀρκέω, I am sufficient, I suffice, am content, satisfied

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

arkau“bear’s”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Revelation 13:2“bear’s”kai tem thērem hem horama ate homoiem pardalia, kai tois podois auteu hōs arkau, kai tem stomem auteu hōs stomem leōnou. kai dōata aute tos drakōnos tan dunamian auteu kai ton thronon auteu kai exousian megan.The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.