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Strong's #5248 - נִמְרוֹד
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- Nimrod = "rebellion" or "the valiant"
- 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
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1 = a god e.g. Marduk, We compare Hexateuch (2), 308f.; Nimrod, Encycl. Brit. (9). xvii. 511, RS Semitic i. 91 n.; 2 d ed. 92; Hom PSBA xv (1893), 291-300 proposes Narûdu = *Namra-uddu, a star-god.
2 < name of Babylonian king or prince: Numbers -marad = 'Man of Marad' compare Dl Pa 220 De Genesis 10:8 [1887]; more plausibly = Nazi-maraddash ( marattash, murudas), Hpt AR July, 1884,93f. Dl K (1884) Say Ath. Feb. 16,1895, Acad. Mark 2,1895 (compare Che ib. Mark 9), — i.e. a Kashite king, B.C. 1378, but dubious, compare Hpt BAS i (1889), 183, Jerem Izdubar-Nimrod, 1891,1ff.); — son of כּוּשׁ (q. v.), 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); ᵐ5 Νεβρωδ.
