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Nimrim, the Waters of
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Heb. Nimrim', נַמְרַים ., prob. plur. of Ni/trah [q.v.], i.e. limnpidity; according to others, panthers; Sept. in Isaiah Νεμερείμ v. r. Νεμρείμ and Νεβοίμ; in Jeremiah Νεβρείμ v. r. Νεβρείν ), a stream or brook (not improbably a stream with pools) within the country of Moab, which is mentioned in the denunciations of that nation uttered, or quoted, by Isaiah (15:6) and Jeremiah (48:34). From the former of these passages it appears to have been famed for the abundance of its grass. It is doubtless the same with the BETH-NIMRAH (See BETH-NIMRAH) (q.v.) of Numbers 32:36. A name resembling Nimrim still exists at the south-eastern end of the Dead Sea, in the Wady en-Nemeirah and Burj en-Nemeirah, which are situated on the beach, about half-way between the southern extremity and the promontory of el-Lissan (De Saulcy, Voyage, 1:284, etc.; Seetzen, 2:354). This may be the Bethnamarim of Eusebius and Jerome. (See NIMRAH).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Nimrim, the Waters of'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/n/nimrim-the-waters-of.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
