1 Chronicles 1:10

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Kush fathered Nimrod, who was the first powerful ruler on earth.

Berean Standard Bible:

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And Cush{H3568} begat{H3205} Nimrod{H5248}: he began{H2490} to be mighty{H1368} upon the earth{H776}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Genesis 10:8

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

Genesis 10:12

  • And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same [is] a great city.

Micah 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 within our borders.

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Commentary for 1 Chronicles 1:10

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3568
    There are 30 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כּוּשׁ
    Transliteration: Kûwsh
    Pronunciation: koosh
    Description: probably of foreign origin; Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite; Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.
  2. Strong's Number: H3205
    There are 403 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָלַד
    Transliteration: yâlad
    Pronunciation: yaw-lad'
    Description: a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
  3. Strong's Number: H5248
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נִמְרוֹד
    Transliteration: Nimrôwd
    Pronunciation: nim-rode'
    Description: or נִמְרֹד; probably of foreign origin; Nimrod, a son of Cush; Nimrod.
  4. Strong's Number: H2490
    There are 131 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָלַל
    Transliteration: châlal
    Pronunciation: khaw-lal'
    Description: a primitive root (compare חָלָה); also denominative (from חָלִיל); properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute); begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
  5. Strong's Number: H1368
    There are 152 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גִּבּוֹר
    Transliteration: gibbôwr
    Pronunciation: ghib-bore'
    Description: or גִּבֹּר; (shortened) intensive from the same as גֶּבֶר; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant; champion, chief, [idiom] excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
  6. Strong's Number: H776
    There are 2739 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶרֶץ
    Transliteration: ʼerets
    Pronunciation: eh'-rets
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.