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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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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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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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Nimrod in Hitchcock's Bible Names

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

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Noadiah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A Levite who assisted in weighing the silver, gold, and vessels of the temple which were brought back from Babylon Ezr 8:33 -2. A false prophetess Ne 6:14...

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Nimshi in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

nim'-shi (nimshi): The grandfather of Jehu (2 Ki 9:2,14). Jehu's usual designation is "son of Nimshi" (1 Ki 19:16)....

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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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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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Noah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Son of Lamech, grandson of Methuselah; tenth from Adam in Seth's line. In contrast to the Cainite Lamech's boast of violence with impunity, the Sethite Lamech, playing on Noah's ("rest") name, piously looks for "comfort" (nachum) through him from Jehovah who had "cursed the ground." (See LAMECH.) At 500 years old Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japh...

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