Definition of nimrod Nimrod

/nɪˈmɹɑd/ - [nimrad] - Nim•rod

We found 5 definitions of nimrod from 4 different sources.

What does nimrod mean?

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nimrod - (Old Testament) a famous hunter

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nimrod
nim′rod, n. the founder of Babel (see Gen. x. 8-10): any great hunter

Nimrod (Hebrew: נִמְרוֹד) according to the Bible was the son of Cush, grandson of Ham and a "mighty hunter before the Lord" who built cities at Akkad, Erech (Uruk), and Babel. According to many legends, and as told by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, he became an evil tyrant who forced all his subjects to bake bricks for the Tower of Babel.
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"Nimrod" is the fifth album by the punk rock band Green Day, released on October 14, 1997 on Reprise Records.