Nimrod

Nimrod is a man living at the time of the Patriarchs. He is named in 4 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 10:8.

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Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 10:8
  And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on 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.He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 1:10
  And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

Micah

• 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.And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.