Pardalis denotes the leopard used as the comparison for the wild animal’s appearance in Revelation 13:2.

The attested use identifies a leopard as the likeness used to describe the wild animal’s appearance in Revelation 13:2.

1. Leopard in a comparison of appearance · dominant

   In Revelation 13:2, the dative singular feminine form occurs in the comparison describing the wild animal as like a leopard; the APB renders the clause “was like a leopard.”

   Revelation 13:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Revelation 13:2, the APB presents the comparison as “was like a leopard.” The verse is read as a whole, though the clause clearly places the term in the animal-likeness comparison.