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HebrewH5248Proper Noun (Masculine)

נִמְרֹד

nim.rod

3Occurrences
H5248Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Nimrod, a son of Cush

or נִמְרֹד; probably of foreign origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the Cushites living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at ; 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

נִמְרֹד appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
2
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:10BSB

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

Genesis 10:8BSB

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

Genesis 10:9BSB

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.