Nimrim נִמְרִים
From God's Wiki, the Bible topic encyclopedia
| נִמְרִים | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | nimrim |
| Strong's number | H5249 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Nimrim |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (1) |
Nimrim (Hebrew נִמְרִים, Strong's H5249) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Nimrim”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
§ Nimrim = "limpid" or "pure"
a stream or brook in the territory of Moab
a stream or brook in the territory of Moab
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | nimrim (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | nimrim (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Nimrim, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 15:6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 48:34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).