| NASB © | Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | Cush | וְכ֖וּשׁ | ve·chush | 3568a | a son of Ham, also his desc., also a land in the S. Nile Valley | probably of foreign origin |
| became the father | יָלַ֣ד | ya·lad | 3205 | to bear, bring forth, beget | a prim. root |
| of Nimrod; | נִמְרֹ֑וד | nim·ro·vd; | 5248 | a son of Cush and founder of the Bab. kingdom | probably of foreign origin |
| he began | הֵחֵ֔ל | he·chel, | 2490c | to pollute, defile, profane | a prim. root |
| to be a mighty one | גִּבֹּ֖ור | gib·bo·vr | 1368 | strong, mighty | from gabar |
| in the earth. | בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ | ba·'a·retz. | 776 | earth, land | a prim. root |
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KJV Lexicon
And Cush
Kuwsh (koosh)
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite -- Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.
begat
yalad (yaw-lad')
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Nimrod
Nimrowd (nim-rode')
Nimrod, a son of Cush -- Nimrod.
he began
chalal (khaw-lal')
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) instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
to be mighty
gibbowr (ghib-bore')
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant -- champion, chief, excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
upon the earth
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. |
