Dict: easton - Bear

easton:

Bear @ a native of the mountain regions of Western Asia, frequently mentioned in Scripture. David defended his flocks against the attacks of a bear ( kjv@1Samuel:17:34-37). Bears came out of the wood and destroyed the children who mocked the prophet Elisha ( kjv@2Kings:2:24). Their habits are referred to in kjv@Isaiah:59:11; kjv@Proverbs:28:15; kjv@Lamentations:3:10. The fury of the female bear when robbed of her young is spoken of ( kjv@2Samuel:17:8; kjv@Proverbs:17:12; kjv@Hosea:13:8). In Daniel's vision of the four great monarchies, the Medo
- Persian empire is represented by a bear (7:5).