People of the Bible
Nimrod
Family
- Father
- Cush (son of Ham)
- Brothers and sisters
- Havilah (son of Cush), Raamah, Sabtah, Sabtecha, Seba
In the story
- Nimrod's kingdom begins · 1821 BC
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Firm, a descendant of Cush, the son of Ham. He was the first who claimed to be a “mighty one in the earth.” Babel was the beginning of his kingdom, which he gradually enlarged (Gen. 10:8-10). The “land of Nimrod” (Micah 5:6) is a designation of Assyria or of Shinar, which is a part of it.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 4 verses
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.