See also:

• NIMROD (-`s??, -i=s; Septuagint, Nef3pc5£: various reading in Gen. x. 8, Nef3p6av: Vulg. Nemrod)

NIMROD (-`s??, -i=s; See also:

• SEPTUAGINT, THE (Gr. of 0', Lat. LXX.)

Septuagint, Nef3pc5£: various See also:

• READING

reading in Gen. x. 8, Nef3p6av: Vulg. Nemrod)  . See also:

• NIMROD (-`s??, -i=s; Septuagint, Nef3pc5£: various reading in Gen. x. 8, Nef3p6av: Vulg. Nemrod)

Nimrod is only mentioned in three passages in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible; in See also:

• MICAH
• MICAH (r )

Micah v . 6 See also:

• ASSYRIA

Assyria is called " the See also:

• LAND

land of Nimrod," and r Chron. i. ro quotes a portion of the third, the most important reference, Gen. x . 8-12 . The last-named is ascribed to one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest writers of the See also:

• PENTATEUCH

Pentateuch, the Yahwist; but not perhaps to the oldest stratum of his See also:

• WORK

work (See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

Ball, Sacred Books of the Old Testament) . In Gen. x . 8, as Jabal was the inventor of See also:

• MUSIC

music, so Nimrod was the first See also:

• WARRIOR

warrior, gibb8r, the first See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

hunter, " he became a mighty hunter, gibbor cayidh, before Yahweh, so that it is said, A mighty hunter before Yahweh like Nimrod "; the first builder of cities and ruler of a widespread dominion, " the beginning of his See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom was See also:

• BABEL

Babel, See also:

• ERECH (Uruk in the Babylonian inscriptions; Gr. Orchoe)

Erech, Accad and Calneh in the land of Shinar . Out of that land he went forth into Assyria,' and built See also:

• NINEVEH (Heb. m}'?, in classical authors Nivos, Ninus; LXX. Ntsetni, Nnveun: Assyrian Nind or Ninua)

Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, See also:

• CALAH (so in the Bible; Kaiak in the Assyrian inscriptions)

Calah and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city)." The See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general statement that Assyria was originally an offshoot and dependence of See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon is substantially in accordance with See also:

• ASSYRIAN

Assyrian and Babylonian authorities . As the See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter stands, Nimrod is a descendant of See also:

• HAM

Ham, cf. verses 6 and 8; but as Babylon and Assyria were Semitic, cf. verses 21, 22, and as verses 6, 7, on the one See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, and verses 8-12, on the other, come from different documents, we must dissociate the two consecutive paragraphs, and regard the " See also:

• CUSH

Cush " of See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse 8 as the Babylonian See also:

• CASH

Cash or Cassites, a See also:

• PEOPLE

people quite distinct from the Cush of verse 6, which is See also:

• ETHIOPIA, or AETHIOPIA (Gr. AlOtoaia)

Ethiopia; the See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text and See also:

• INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation of portions of Ger x . 8-12 are doubtful.2 The " mighty hunter before Yahweh " has been variously explained as " a divinely great hunter " (Spurrell); " a hunter ;9. See also:

• DEFIANCE

defiance of Yahweh " (Holzinger); " a hunter with the help of Yahweh " or " of some deity whose name has been replaced by Yahweh " (Gunkel, See also:

• GENESIS
• GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

Genesis, p . 82) . The name Nimrod has not been found in any See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient .

(say older than 500 B.c.) non-Israelite document or inscription; and there is no conclusive See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence for identifying Nimrod with any of the names found in such documents . In the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of evidence, the theories are naturally endless, especially as both the legendary and the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical heroes of the ancient See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East were often " mighty hunters." Nimrod would suggest to a See also:

• JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew or Syrian the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of " See also:

• REBEL, JOHANN PETER (176o-1826)

rebel," mrd=rebel; but this is not likely to be the See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology . By regarding the " N " as per-formative, Nimrod has been identified with Merodach, the See also:

• GOD

god of Babylon (Pinches, See also:

• HASTINGS
• HASTINGS, FRANCIS
• HASTINGS, FRANK ABNEY (1794-1828)
• HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818)

Hastings's Bible See also:

• DIET

Diet.) . He has also been identified with Gilgamesh, the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of the epic which contains the Babylonian See also:

• DELUGE, THE (through the Fr. from Lat. diluvium, flood, diluere, to wash away)

Deluge See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story (Jeremias, Das A.T. See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Lichie See also:

• DES

des See also:

• ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

alien Orients), with various historical See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of Babylonia, with See also:

• ORION
• ORION (or OARION)

Orion, &c., &c . As the name Nmrt (See also:

• PETRIE, GEORGE (179o-1866)
• PETRIE, WILLIAM MATTHEW FLINDERS (1853– )

Petrie, Nemart) frequently occurs in See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian documents of the XXIInd See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

Dynasty, c . 972—749 (Petrie, Hist. of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, iii . 242, &c.), the story of Nimrod is some-times (E . See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer ap . Holzinger, Genesis) conjectured to be of Egyptian origin . Some support might be obtained for this view by supposing Cush in verse 8 to be Ethiopia as in verse 6; but it seems impossible to reconcile it with the statements in Genesis and Micah which connect Nimrod with Babylon and Assyria . It is possible that the Nebrod of the See also:

• SEPTUAGINT, THE (Gr. of 0', Lat. LXX.)

Septuagint (similarly See also:

• PHILO
• PHILO, HERENNIUS

Philo and See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus) is the more ancient See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the name (See also:

• CHEYNE, THOMAS KELLY (1841— )

Cheyne, Ency . Bibl.) .

' So Revised Version text with Kautzsch, See also:

• DILLMANN, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1823-1894)

Dillmann, Gunkel, Holzinger, &c.; Revised Version marg., " Out of that land went forth ` Asshur '," less probably following Septuagint, See also:

• VULGATE (from Lat. vulgus, the common people)

Vulgate, Authorized Version, &c . 2 Dr Cheyne's reconstructions in Ency . Bibl., See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article " Nimrod," are generally regarded as far too sweeping . Ball, Sacred Books of the Old Testament, marks verse 9, which describes Nimrod as " a mighty hunter," as a later addition, giving a mistaken explanation of the gibbbs of verse 8 .