Word Study · Strong's H5248 · Hebrew
נִמְרוֹד
Nimrod
nim-rode'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Nimrôwd
“Nimrod, a son of Cush”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Nimrod, a son of Cush
Rendered in the KJV as
Nimrod.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד1
- נִמְרֹ֑ד1
- נִמְרֹ֖ד1
- נִמְר֑וֹד1
How it is rendered · 2
- Nimrod3
- like Nimrod1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)3
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 3
- HR/Npm · 1
All 4, in canonical order
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Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 10:8נִמְרֹ֑דnimrodproper noun (a name)Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.here: Nimrod
- Genesis 10:9כְּנִמְרֹ֛דkenimrodpreposition + proper noun (a name)He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”here: like Nimrod