H5248 נִמְרוֹד

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 4 KJV occurrences

נִמְרוֹד

Nimrôwd · nim-rode'

Definition

Nimrod, a son of Cush

KJV Renderings

Nimrod.

Derivation / Etymology

or נִמְרֹד; probably of foreign origin;

KJV Verses (4)

Genesis 10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
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.