Nimrod

Gender: Male

Years: -2289 - -710

Dictionary Text: 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. The “land of Nimrod” is a designation of Assyria or of Shinar, which is a part of it.

Family Members

• Father: Cush
• Siblings:
  • Havilah
  • Raamah
  • Sabtah
  • Seba
  • Sabtecha

Verses

• 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.
• 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.