Bible Dictionary · N
Nimrod
Firm, a descendant of Cush, the son of Ham. He was the first who claimed to be a “mighty one in the earth.” Babel was the beginning of his kingdom, which he gradually enlarged (Gen 10:8–10). The “land of Nimrod” (Mic 5:6) is a designation of Assyria or of Shinar, which is a part of it.
Named in the Bible
4 verses
- 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.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
