Person

Nimrod

Gender:: Male
Verse mentions:: 4

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” (Micah 5:6) is a designation of Assyria or of Shinar, which is a part of it.

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Parents 1

Cush

Siblings 5

Havilah Raamah Sabtah Sabtecha Seba

Events 1

Nimrod's kingdom begins

Appears in 4

Reference	Verse
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.

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