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Nimrod <a href="../hebrew/5249.htm" title="5249">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Nimrod: Nimrod</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">נִמְרוֹד</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Nimrowd<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>nim-ROHD<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(nim-rode')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Nimrod<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Nimrod<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Hebrew root מָרַד (marad), meaning "to rebel."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>Genesis 10:8-10 (BSB):</b> "Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, 'Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.' His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar."<p> - <b>1 Chronicles 1:10 (BSB):</b> "Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth."<p>10. <b>Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries:</b> There is no direct Greek equivalent for Nimrod in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as he is primarily an Old Testament figure.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Nimrod is a biblical figure described as a mighty hunter and a king. <p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>His name is often associated with rebellion, possibly due to his role in establishing powerful kingdoms and his association with the Tower of Babel narrative.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>probably of foreign origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a son of Cush and founder of the Bab. kingdom<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Nimrod (4).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">נִמְרֹד</font>, <font class="hebrew2">נִמְרוֺד</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>Nimrod</b></font> (etymology and meaning wholly unknown; Thes (dubious) below <font class="hebrew2">מָרַד</font> <em>rebel</em> (of which Hebr. may have thought [compare Lag<sup>BN 105</sup>]); in fact probably Babylonian name; <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> = a god e.g. Marduk, We<sup>compare Hexateuch (2), 308 f.; Nimrod, Encycl. Brit. (9). xvii. 511</sup>, RS<sup>Semitic i. 91 n</sup>.; 2d ed. 92; Hom<sup>PSBA xv (1893), 291-300</sup> proposes <em>Narûdu</em> = <em>*Namra-uddu</em>, a star-god. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> < name of Babylonian king or prince: <i><em>Nu-marad</em></i> = 'Man of Marad' compare Dl<sup>Pa 220</sup> De<sup>Genesis 10:8</sup> [1887]; more plausibly = <i><em>Nazi-maraddash</em></i> (<i><em>marattash, murudas</em></i>), Hpt<sup>AR July, 1884, 93 f.</sup> Dl<sup>K (1884)</sup> Say<sup>Ath. Feb. 16, 1895, Acad. Mar. 2, 1895</sup> (compare Che<sup>ib. Mar. 9</sup>), — i.e. a Kashite king, B.C. 1378, but dubious, compare Hpt<sup>BAS i (1889), 183</sup>, Jerem<sup>Izdubar-Nimrod, 1891, 1 ff.</sup>); — son of <font class="hebrew2">כּוּשׁ</font> (q. v.), hero and hunter <a href="/interlinear/genesis/10-8.htm">Genesis 10:8</a>,9 (J; king in Babylonia, builder of Nineveh, etc. <a href="/interlinear/genesis/10-10.htm">Genesis 10:10</a>f.), <font class="hebrew2">נִמְרוֺד</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/1-10.htm">1 Chronicles 1:10</a>; <font class="hebrew2">אֶרֶץ נִמְרֹד</font> <a href="/interlinear/micah/5-5.htm">Micah 5:5</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">אֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר</font>); <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Νεβρωδ</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Nimrod <p>Or Nimrod {nim-rode'}; probably of foreign origin; Nimrod, a son of Cush -- Nimrod. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד כנמרד נִמְר֑וֹד נִמְרֹ֑ד נִמְרֹ֖ד נמרד נמרוד kə·nim·rōḏ kenimRod kənimrōḏ nim·rō·wḏ nim·rōḏ nimRod nimrōḏ nimrōwḏ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/10-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 10:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יָלַ֣ד אֶת־ <b> נִמְרֹ֑ד </b> ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> became the father <span class="itali">of Nimrod;</span> he became<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And Cush begat <span class="itali">Nimrod:</span> he began to be<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/10-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> now Cush became <span class="itali">of Nimrod</span> he began<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/10-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 10:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כֵּן֙ יֵֽאָמַ֔ר <b> כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד </b> גִּבּ֥וֹר צַ֖יִד</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> it is said, <span class="itali">Like Nimrod</span> a mighty<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> it is said, <span class="itali">Even as Nimrod</span> the mighty<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/10-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> wherefore is said <span class="itali">Nimrod</span> A mighty hunter<p><b><a href="/text/1_chronicles/1-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Chronicles 1:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יָלַ֣ד אֶת־ <b> נִמְר֑וֹד </b> ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_chronicles/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> became the father <span class="itali">of Nimrod;</span> he began<br><a href="/kjvs/1_chronicles/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> begat <span class="itali">Nimrod:</span> he began<br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/1-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Cush became <span class="itali">of Nimrod</span> he began<p><b><a href="/text/micah/5-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Micah 5:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/micah/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְאֶת־ אֶ֥רֶץ <b> נִמְרֹ֖ד </b> בִּפְתָחֶ֑יהָ וְהִצִּיל֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/micah/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> The land <span class="itali">of Nimrod</span> at its entrances;<br><a href="/kjvs/micah/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the land <span class="itali">of Nimrod</span> in the entrances<br><a href="/interlinear/micah/5-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the sword the land <span class="itali">of Nimrod</span> entrances will deliver<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5248.htm">4 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5248.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5248<br>4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/kenimrod_5248.htm">kə·nim·rōḏ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/nimrod_5248.htm">nim·rōḏ — 3 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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