Where does the word “Nimrod” come from and What does Nimrod mean?

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Karen Hill

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Ham, Shem, and Japheth. And the sons of Ham; Cush and Mizraim, and Phut and Canaan. 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.

Thus, from the tenth chapter of Genesis, Nimrod has come to be a nickname for anyone noted as a hunter.

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