Hebrew word · H5248

נִמְרֹד

nimrod

Nimrod

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 2

  1. Genesis 10:8 נִמְרֹ֑ד Nimrod

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

  2. Genesis 10:9 כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד like Nimrod

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

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:10 נִמְר֑וֹד Nimrod

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

Micah · 1

  1. Micah 5:6 נִמְרֹ֖ד Nimrod

    And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.