Dict: smith - NIMROD
smith:
NIMROD
- N>@ - (rebellion; or the valiant), a son of Cush and grandson of Ham. The events of his life are recorded in kjv@Genesis:10:8) ff., from which we learn
(1) that he was a Cushite;
(2) that he established an empire in Shinar (the classical Babylonia) the chief towns being Babel, Erech, Accad and Calneh; and
(3) that he extended this empire northward along the course of the Tigris over Assyria, where he founded a second group of capitals, Nineveh, Rehoboth, Calah and Resen.