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
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.