779. Verse 2 (Revelation 13:2). And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.

2. "And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard," signifies reasonings that are discordant, and yet appear as if they cohere n. 780; "and his feet were as of a bear," signifies from natural things, which are fallacies n. 781; "and his mouth as the mouth of a lion," signifies reasonings from falsities destroying the truths of the Word (n. 782); "and the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority," signifies that those who separate faith from life support and corroborate their doctrinals by reasonings from fallacies, and thus powerfully seduce n. 783.

'Interpretations,' as in Genesis 40:22, signify predictions.

(Verweise: Arcana Coelestia 5168)