hebrew #5248 - נִמְרוֹד Nimrod (a son of Cush and founder of the Bab. kingdom)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Or Nimrod {nim-rode'}; probably of foreign origin; Nimrod, a son of Cush -- Nimrod.

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

1=a god e.g. Marduk, We^{compare Hexateuch (2), 308 f.; Nimrod, Encycl. Brit. (9). xvii. 511}, RS^{Semitic i. 91 n}.; 2d ed. 92; Hom^{PSBA xv (1893), 291-300} proposes Narûdu=*Namra-uddu, a star-god.

2 < name of Babylonian king or prince: Nu-marad='Man of Marad' compare Dl^{Pa 220} De^{Genesis 10:8} [1887]; more plausibly=Nazi-maraddash (marattash, murudas), Hpt^{AR July, 1884, 93 f.} Dl^{K (1884)} Say^{Ath. Feb. 16, 1895, Acad. Mar. 2, 1895} (compare Che^{ib. Mar. 9}), — i.e. a Kashite king, B.C. 1378, but dubious, compare Hpt^{BAS i (1889), 183}, Jerem^{Izdubar-Nimrod, 1891, 1 ff.}); — son of כּוּשׁ (q. v.), hero and hunter Genesis 10:8,9 (J; king in Babylonia, builder of Nineveh, etc. Genesis 10:10f.), נִמְרוֺד1 Chronicles 1:10; אֶרֶץ נִמְרֹדMicah 5:5 ("" אֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר); ᵐ5Νεβρωδ.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5248. נִמְרוֹד (Nimrod or Nimrod) — 4 Occurrences

Genesis 10:8
HEB:יָלַ֣ד אֶת־ נִמְרֹ֑ד ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל
NAS: became the father of Nimrod; he became
KJV: And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be
INT: now Cush became of Nimrod he began

Genesis 10:9
HEB:כֵּן֙ יֵֽאָמַ֔ר כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד גִּבּ֥וֹר צַ֖יִד
NAS: it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty
KJV: it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty
INT: wherefore is said Nimrod A mighty hunter

1 Chronicles 1:10
HEB:יָלַ֣ד אֶת־ נִמְר֑וֹד ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל
NAS: became the father of Nimrod; he began
KJV: begat Nimrod: he began
INT: Cush became of Nimrod he began

Micah 5:6
HEB:וְאֶת־ אֶ֥רֶץ נִמְרֹ֖ד בִּפְתָחֶ֑יהָ וְהִצִּיל֙
NAS: The land of Nimrod at its entrances;
KJV: and the land of Nimrod in the entrances
INT: the sword the land of Nimrod entrances will deliver