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Name:

• Nimrod

Meaning(s)

1. rebellion (but probably an unknown Assyrian word)

Reference(s) to Nimrod in the Bible

1. Genesis 10:8 - And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
2. Genesis 10:9 - He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
3. 1 Chronicles 1:10 - And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
4. 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.