Nimrowd - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G5248 — hyperperisseuo (“abound much more”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H5248 נִמרוֹד נִמרוֹד (Nimrowd) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Nimrowd (nim-rode') (or Nimrod {nim-rode'}) n/p. 1. Nimrod, a son of Cush [probably of foreign origin] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include nimrod. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Nimrowd (nim-rode') (or Nimrod {nim-rode'}) n/p. 1. Nimrod, a son of Cush [probably of foreign origin] KJV: Nimrod.
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Nimrod
Usage: A man of the Cushites living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.10.8; son of: Cush (H3568); brother of: Seba (H5434), Havilah (H2341H), Sabtah (H5454), Raamah (H7484) and Sabteca (H5455) § Nimrod = "rebellion" or "the valiant" the son of Cush, grandson of Ham, and great grandson of Noah; a mighty hunter, he established an empire in the area of Babylon and Assyria
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Nimrowd, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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4 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5248.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5248, grouped by book.
Nimrod (Strong's H5248) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Nimrod". Nimrowd (nim-rode') (or Nimrod {nim-rode'}) n/p. 1. Nimrod, a son of Cush [probably of foreign origin]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's H5248 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5248 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as nimrod. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.