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Genesis 10:8

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

KJV

Porro Chus genuit Nemrod : ipse cœpit esse potens in terra,

Vulgate

Χοὺς δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Νεβρώδ· οὗτος ἤρξατο εἶναι γίγας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

LXX

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

ASV

וְ/כ֖וּשׁ יָלַ֣ד אֶת נִמְרֹ֑ד ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל לִֽ/הְי֥וֹת גִּבֹּ֖ר בָּ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People CushNimrod

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גִּבּ֥וֹר
gbvr
adjective · 157×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
וֹ
v
verb · 143×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כּ֥וּשׁ
kvsh
proper_noun · 30×
נִמְר֑וֹד
nmrvd
proper_noun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 18:2 — That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto
  • Mic 5:6 — And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth
  • Mic 5:6 — And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth
  • Ps 52:1 — Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.