Category:Nimrod

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Nimrod - Firm, a descendant of Cush, the son of Ham. He was the first who claimed to be a "mighty one in the earth." Babel was the beginning of his kingdom, which he gradually enlarged (Genesis 10:8). The "land of Nimrod" (Micah 5:6) is a designation of Assyria or of Shinar, which is a part of it.