Midvash

נִמְרוֹדNimrôwd

proper name, masculine: Nimrod

Pronunciation: nim-rode' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5248

Meanings

1. = a god e.g. Marduk

2. name of Babylonian king or prince (Genesis 10:8; Genesis 10:9; Genesis 10:10)

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 10:8 Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.
  • Genesis 10:9 Since he was the greatest hunter in the world, his name became proverbial. People would say, “This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter in the world.”
  • 1 Chronicles 1:10 Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.
  • Micah 5:6 They will rule Assyria with drawn swords and enter the gates of the land of Nimrod. He will rescue us from the Assyrians when they pour over the borders to invade our land.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).