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Lexicon :: Strong's H5248 - nimrōḏ

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נִמְרֹד
Transliteration
nimrōḏ
Pronunciation
nim-rode'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign origin
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: נמרד (Strongs and Gesenius) נמרוד (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

נִמְרוֹד Nimrôwd, nim-rode'; or נִמְרֹד Nimrôd; probably of foreign origin; Nimrod, a son of Cush:—Nimrod.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H5248 in the following manner: Nimrod (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H5248 in the following manner: Nimrod (4x).

  1. Nimrod = "rebellion" or "the valiant"

    1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נִמְרוֹד Nimrôwd, nim-rode'; or נִמְרֹד Nimrôd; probably of foreign origin; Nimrod, a son of Cush:—Nimrod.
STRONGS H5248: Abbreviations
† נִמְרֹד, נִמְרוֺד proper name, masculine Nimrod (etymology and meaning wholly unknown; Thes (dubious) below מָרַד rebel (of which Hebr. may have thought [compare LagBN 105]); in fact probably Babylonian name;
1. = a god e.g. Marduk, WeComp. Hexateuch (2), 308 f.; Nimrod, Encycl. Brit. (9). xvii. 511, RSSemitic i. 91 n.; 2d ed. 92; HomPSBA xv (1893), 291-300 proposes Narûdu = *Namra-uddu, a star-god.
2. < name of Babylonian king or prince: Nu-marad = 'Man of Marad' compare DlPa 220 DeGenesis 10:8 [1887]; more plausibly = Nazi-maraddash (marattash, murudas), HptAndover Rev. July, 1884, 93 f. DlK (1884) SayAth. Feb. 16, 1895, Acad. March 2, 1895 (compare Cheib. March 9), — i.e. a Kashite king, B.C. 1378, but dubious, compare HptBAS i (1889), 183, JeremiasIzdubar-Nimrod, 1891, 1 ff.); — son of כּוּשׁ (which see), 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); Greek Version of the LXX Νεβρωδ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:8; 10:8; 10:9; 10:10

1 Chronicles

1:10

Micah

5:5

H5248

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5248 matches the Hebrew נִמְרֹד (nimrōḏ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - Хуш родил также Нимрода: сей начал быть силен на земле.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:9 - Он был сильный зверолов пред Господом; потому и говориться: сильный зверолов, как Нимрод, пред Господом.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10 - Хуш родил [также] Нимрода: сей начал быть сильным на земле.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:6 - И будут они пасти землю Ассура мечом и землю Немврода в самых воротах ее, и Он-то избавит от Ассура, когда тот придет в землю нашу и когда вступит в пределы наши.
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