נִמְרוֹד Nimrod
Every verse in which this name stands — 4 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
A grandson of Cham through Kush, described in Genesis 10:8-9 as “a mighty hunter before the LORD,” whose kingdom began with Bavel, Erech, and other cities in the land of Shinar. 1 Chronicles 1:10 repeats the same description of him as a mighty man.
וְכוּשׁ יָלַד אֶת־נִמְרֹד הוּא הֵחֵל לִֽהְיוֹת גִּבֹּר בָּאָֽרֶץ
And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
הֽוּא־הָיָה גִבֹּֽר־צַיִד לִפְנֵי יְהוָה עַל־כֵּן יֵֽאָמַר כְּנִמְרֹד גִּבּוֹר צַיִד לִפְנֵי יְהוָֽה
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: ‘Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.’
וְרָעוּ אֶת־אֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר בַּחֶרֶב וְאֶת־אֶרֶץ נִמְרֹד בִּפְתָחֶיהָ וְהִצִּיל מֵֽאַשּׁוּר כִּֽי־יָבוֹא בְאַרְצֵנוּ וְכִי יִדְרֹךְ בִּגְבוּלֵֽנוּ
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, And the land of Nimrod with the keen-edged sword; And he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, And when he treadeth within our border.
וְכוּשׁ יָלַד אֶת־נִמְרוֹד הוּא הֵחֵל לִהְיוֹת גִּבּוֹר בָּאָֽרֶץ
And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Nimrod?
Nimrod — נמרד in Hebrew — has a gematria of 294 in the standard method.
How many times is Nimrod named in the Tanakh?
4 times, first at Genesis 10:8.
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