5248. Nimrod

Strong's Lexicon

Nimrod: Nimrod

Original Word: נִמְרוֹד
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Nimrowd
Pronunciation: nim-ROHD
Phonetic Spelling: (nim-rode')
Definition: Nimrod
Meaning: Nimrod

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root מָרַד (marad), meaning "to rebel."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Genesis 10:8-10 (BSB): "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."

- 1 Chronicles 1:10 (BSB): "Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth."

10. Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Nimrod in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as he is primarily an Old Testament figure.

Usage: Nimrod is a biblical figure described as a mighty hunter and a king.

Cultural and Historical Background: 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.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
probably of foreign origin
Definition
a son of Cush and founder of the Bab. kingdom
NASB Translation
Nimrod (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

נִמְרֹד, נִמְרוֺד proper name, masculine Nimrod (etymology and meaning wholly unknown; Thes (dubious) below מָרַד rebel (of which Hebr. may have thought [compare Lag^{BN 105}]); in fact probably Babylonian name;

1 = a god e.g. Marduk, We^{compare Hexateuch (2), 308 f.; Nimrod, Encycl. Brit. (9). xvii. 511}, RS^{Semitic i. 91 n}.; 2d ed. 92; Hom^{PSBA xv (1893), 291-300} proposes Narûdu = *Namra-uddu, a star-god.

2 < name of Babylonian king or prince: Nu-marad = 'Man of Marad' compare Dl^{Pa 220} De^{Genesis 10:8} [1887]; more plausibly = Nazi-maraddash (marattash, murudas), Hpt^{AR July, 1884, 93 f.} Dl^{K (1884)} Say^{Ath. Feb. 16, 1895, Acad. Mar. 2, 1895} (compare Che^{ib. Mar. 9}), — i.e. a Kashite king, B.C. 1378, but dubious, compare Hpt^{BAS i (1889), 183}, Jerem^{Izdubar-Nimrod, 1891, 1 ff.}); — son of כּוּשׁ (q. v.), hero and hunter Genesis 10:8,9 (J; king in Babylonia, builder of Nineveh, etc. Genesis 10:10f.), נִמְרוֺד 1 Chronicles 1:10; אֶרֶץ נִמְרֹד Micah 5:5 ("" אֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר); ᵐ5 Νεβρωδ.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Nimrod

Or Nimrod {nim-rode'}; probably of foreign origin; Nimrod, a son of Cush -- Nimrod.

Forms and Transliterations

כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד כנמרד נִמְר֑וֹד נִמְרֹ֑ד נִמְרֹ֖ד נמרד נמרוד kə·nim·rōḏ kenimRod kənimrōḏ nim·rō·wḏ nim·rōḏ nimRod nimrōḏ nimrōwḏ

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 10:8
HEB: יָלַ֣ד אֶת־ נִמְרֹ֑ד ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל
NAS: became the father of Nimrod; he became
KJV: And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be
INT: now Cush became of Nimrod he began

Genesis 10:9
HEB: כֵּן֙ יֵֽאָמַ֔ר כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד גִּבּ֥וֹר צַ֖יִד
NAS: it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty
KJV: it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty
INT: wherefore is said Nimrod A mighty hunter

1 Chronicles 1:10
HEB: יָלַ֣ד אֶת־ נִמְר֑וֹד ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל
NAS: became the father of Nimrod; he began
KJV: begat Nimrod: he began
INT: Cush became of Nimrod he began

Micah 5:6
HEB: וְאֶת־ אֶ֥רֶץ נִמְרֹ֖ד בִּפְתָחֶ֑יהָ וְהִצִּיל֙
NAS: The land of Nimrod at its entrances;
KJV: and the land of Nimrod in the entrances
INT: the sword the land of Nimrod entrances will deliver

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5248
4 Occurrences

kə·nim·rōḏ — 1 Occ.
nim·rōḏ — 3 Occ.