Strong's Hebrew · H5248
נִמְרוֹד
Nimrôwd · nim-rode'
DefinitionNimrod, a son of Cush
Derivationor נִמְרֹד; probably of foreign origin;
KJV usageNimrod.
Occurrences4 in the KJV · 4 verses
נִמְרוֹד in Scripture
Genesis 10:8
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
1 Chronicles 1:10
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
Micah 5:6
And 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.