Nimrod
נִמְרֹדStrong’s H5248nimrod (nim-rod)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nimrod is the Hebrew word usually translated “nimrod” and “like nimrod”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.”
Meaning
- A man of the Cushites living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.10.8
How it's translated
- nimrod 3
- like nimrod 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 2
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Micah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 10:9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 1:10And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
- Micah 5:6And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
Hebrew dictionary
נִמְרֹד nimrod · Nimrod
A man of the Cushites living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.10.8; son of: Cush (H3568); brother of: Seba (H5434), Havilah (H2341H), Sabtah (H5454), Raamah (H7484) and Sabteca (H5455) § Nimrod = "rebellion" or "the valiant" the son of Cush, grandson of Ham, and great grandson of Noah; a mighty hunter, he established an empire in the area of Babylon and Assyria
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.