H1355

גב

gab

Masculine noun · Corresponding to גב (H1354)

(Aramaic) corresponding to H1354:—back.

Outline

back or side

Usages

Daniel 7:6

After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

Breakdown

The Greek Empire. Likened to a leopard because a leopard strikes quick. The four wings are the four generals (Cassander, Ptolemy, Lysimachus, and Seleucus (from whom came Antiochus 4) that Alexander the Greek divided the kingdom to upon his death.

These four generals are referred to as The Diadochi, i.e. The Successors

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