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Nimrod in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(rebellion; or the valiant), a son of Cush and grandson of Ham. The events of his life are recorded in Ge 10:8 ff., from which we learn (1) that he was a Cushite; (2) that he established an empire in Shinar (the classical Babylonia) the chief towns being Babel, Erech, Accad and Calneh; and (3) that he extended this empire northward along the c...

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Nimshi in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Grandfather of Jehu, and father of Jehoshaphat (2 Kings 9:2). "Son" means grandson or descendant (1 Kings 19:16)....

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Noah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Lamech Ge 5:28,29 Builds an ark (ship) and saves his family from the great flood Ge 6:14-22; 7; 8; Mt 24:38; Lu 17:27; Heb 11:7; 1Pe 3:20 Builds an altar and offers sacrifices Ge 8:20,21 Receives the covenant from God that no flood would ever again visit the earth; the rainbow instituted as a token of the covenant Ge 8:20,22;...

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Nimrod in 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....

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Nimshi in Hitchcock's Bible Names

rescued from danger...

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Nimrod in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Cush's son or descendant, Ham's grandson (Genesis 10:8). "Nimrod began to be a mighty one in the earth," i.e. he was the first of Noah's descendants who became renowned for bold and daring deeds, the Septuagint "giant" (compare Genesis 6:4; Genesis 6:13; Isaiah 13:3). "He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah," so that it passed into a proverb or...

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Noadiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

no-a-di'-a (no`adhyah, "tryst of Yah"; Noadei): (1) Son of Binnui, one of the Levites to whom Ezra entrusted the gold and silver and sacred vessels which he brought up from Babylon (Ezr 8:33); also called MOETH (which see), son of Sabannus (1 Esdras 8:63). (2) A prophetess associated with Tobiah and Sanballat in opposition to Nehemiah (Neh 6:14...

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Noah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

rest, (Heb. Noah) the grandson of Methuselah (Gen. 5:25-29), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son of Lamech, who was about fifty years old at the time of Adam's death. This patriarch is rightly regarded as the connecting link between the old and the new world. He is the second great progenitor of the...

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Nimrod in Hitchcock's Bible Names

rebellion (but probably an unknown Assyrian word)...

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Noah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(rest), the tenth in descent from Adam, in the line of Seth was the son of Lamech and grandson of Methuselah. (B.C. 2948-1998.) We hear nothing of Noah till he is 500 years old when It is said he begat three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth. In consequence of the grievous and hopeless wickedness of the world at this time, God resolved to destroy it...

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