| NASB © | Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | Now 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; | נִמְרֹ֑ד | nim·rod; | 5248 | a son of Cush and founder of the Bab. kingdom | probably of foreign origin |
| he became | הֵחֵ֔ל | he·chel, | 2490c | to pollute, defile, profane | a prim. root |
| a mighty one | גִּבֹּ֖ר | gib·bor | 1368 | strong, mighty | from gabar |
| on 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
hayah (haw-yaw)
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
a mighty one
gibbowr (ghib-bore')
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant -- champion, chief, excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
in the earth
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. |
