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Nimrod Workman (November 5, 1895 – November 26, 1994) was an American folk singer, coal miner and trade unionist.
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Nimrod Kamer (born 1981) is a comedy writer, gonzo journalist and club crasher based in London.
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The Nimrod Islands were a group of islands first reported in 1828 by Captain Eilbeck of the ship Nimrod while sailing from Port Jackson around Cape Horn.
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Mount Nimrod (officially Mount Nimrod/Kaumira since 2010) is a hill in the Hunters Hills area of Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Nimrod Levi is an Israeli-Swedish professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
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The Nimrod Glacier is a major glacier about 135 km (85 mi) long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
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Nimrod Jarrett Smith, also called Tsaladihi, was the fourth Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Native Americans. He is credited with gaining approval by the North Carolina legislature for the band's incorporation as a legal entity, and for gaining federal recognition as an Indian tribe.
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I had no idea this was a name! It's a shame it's been turned into an insult, I don't think it's so terrible in itself.
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In the Bible, the world's first builder of an empire is called, Nimrod or tyrant/hunter. He is given the name of tyrant due to his defiance toward God.
I have never heard the word 'fool' connected with Nimrod until reading this comment thread but the association seems fitting -It is foolish to behave defiantly towards God.
Nimrod is from Hebrew. I believe the tyrant the Hebrew name Nimrod refers to is Sargon. He established the Akkadian empire. Genesis 10:10-12 records "The beginning of his (Nimrod's) kingdom was Babel, Erech (Uruk) and Accad (Akkad), all in Shinar (southern Mesopotamia), from that land he went into (what at the time of the historian's documentation was known as the land of) Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah (kalhu in modern day Iraq), and Resen (undiscovered) between Nineveh (modern day Mosul in Iraq) and Calah; that is the great city."
Micah 5:5-6 in the Bible refers to Assyria in this way: "Assyria...the land of Nimrod".
Secular historians tell us Sargon grew up in Kish and became king of Kish. The bible lists Nimrod's father as Cush. (The city of Kish may have been founded by, and named after Cush, Nimrod's father and grandson of Noah).
Historians relating non-biblical sources tell us Sargon captured Uruk, founded Akkad and proceeded to successfully make conquest northward through Mesopotamia.
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I have never heard the word 'fool' connected with Nimrod until reading this comment thread but the association seems fitting -It is foolish to behave defiantly towards God.
Nimrod is from Hebrew. I believe the tyrant the Hebrew name Nimrod refers to is Sargon. He established the Akkadian empire. Genesis 10:10-12 records "The beginning of his (Nimrod's) kingdom was Babel, Erech (Uruk) and Accad (Akkad), all in Shinar (southern Mesopotamia), from that land he went into (what at the time of the historian's documentation was known as the land of) Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah (kalhu in modern day Iraq), and Resen (undiscovered) between Nineveh (modern day Mosul in Iraq) and Calah; that is the great city."
Micah 5:5-6 in the Bible refers to Assyria in this way: "Assyria...the land of Nimrod".
Secular historians tell us Sargon grew up in Kish and became king of Kish. The bible lists Nimrod's father as Cush. (The city of Kish may have been founded by, and named after Cush, Nimrod's father and grandson of Noah).
Historians relating non-biblical sources tell us Sargon captured Uruk, founded Akkad and proceeded to successfully make conquest northward through Mesopotamia.
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I saw a kid named Nimrod on "The Voice Kids" (the Dutch one) and instantly came here to look it up because I couldn't believe that it was an actual name someone had and I'm shocked to learn it's a bible character...
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It's not a good name for a person in America.
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It's interesting that the word has come to be mean "fool" because of Bugs Bunny, because he was actually just calling Elmer Fudd a hunter - which is what Elmer Fudd is.
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Nar (from Kaldean Mar meaning first born son, and Bar meaning son of) or NarMar (Nar the Mar). The word Marad as in rebels or marauders converts Namer the Rod (Narmer-rod) the rod or scepter into Nar the Marad (Merod) so as to be Nar-Merod the rebel. Narmer thus took the name Mena (Menes) as his rebirth name. Where Man was Noah (Man-Nu) and Mena (Menes) was Narmer or Nimrod, but both names were given then to Adam as man or men in Hattite-English. (see Mars and Marduk, and Mari where variations of son sons become brackish water, sea water, bitter water, tossed about).
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I'm in Canada here, and just confirming that we also know the "foolish person" meaning of "Nimrod." Most people in Canada would probably be surprised to learn it was also a character in the Bible.
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I don't like this being used as a name at all because of it's negative slang meaning that I hear being used on TV and in movies. I'm from the UK and it's not just people in the US who know it's an insult, many people in the UK actually know it's an insult and what it means too.
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For those who keep saying that this is a slang term for an idiot in the U.S., this must be an archaic term or regional because I have never heard this type of usage.
From the U.S.A.
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From wikipedia:
In 15th-century English, "Nimrod" had come to mean "tyrant". Coined in 20th-century American English, the term is now commonly used to mean "dimwitted or stupid fellow", a usage first recorded in 1932 and popularized by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny, who sarcastically refers to the hunter Elmer Fudd as "Nimrod", possibly as an ironic connection between "mighty hunter" and "poor little Nimrod", i.e. Fudd [noted -ed]
So I suppose this is true. But I grew up in the Chicago area and I never heard this usage applied. When I hear the name, I think of the Biblical character and I am not a huge Bible reader... weird.
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In 15th-century English, "Nimrod" had come to mean "tyrant". Coined in 20th-century American English, the term is now commonly used to mean "dimwitted or stupid fellow", a usage first recorded in 1932 and popularized by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny, who sarcastically refers to the hunter Elmer Fudd as "Nimrod", possibly as an ironic connection between "mighty hunter" and "poor little Nimrod", i.e. Fudd [noted -ed]
So I suppose this is true. But I grew up in the Chicago area and I never heard this usage applied. When I hear the name, I think of the Biblical character and I am not a huge Bible reader... weird.
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In the USA, Nimrod is slang for idiot.
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One of the definitions listed in the dictionary is "A person regarded as silly, foolish, or stupid". This is what first popped into my head when I saw the name (and was the only reason I even clicked on the link - pure surprise that it was an actual name!)
I'd be interested in finding out where the slang of Nimrod got it's start and if it has any link to the name.
But, either way, this is not a name that I would recommend a parent use in the USA - as far as I know, everybody here knows what the slang Nimrod means, while only some know the story.
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I'd be interested in finding out where the slang of Nimrod got it's start and if it has any link to the name.
But, either way, this is not a name that I would recommend a parent use in the USA - as far as I know, everybody here knows what the slang Nimrod means, while only some know the story.
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Don't name your kid this, because (at least in America) it is another word for "idiot".
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"Nimrod" is the name of a Greenday album. I was unaware it was also someone's name long ago. Haha.
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Nimrod is the name of a character in Clive Barker's book Weaveworld. He was one of the first six to wake from the Fugue after Cal tore a piece off. At that time, he had taken the form of a small child. (It's a great book.)
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Your kid won't care that this was the name of the great-grandson of whoever. They'll care that their name is Nimrod.
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Nimrod in Hebrew means 'We will rebel'.
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The original Hebrew pronunciation is nim-ROHD.
Also, it's not considered an insult anywhere outside the US (as far as I know) - definitely not in Israel.
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Also, it's not considered an insult anywhere outside the US (as far as I know) - definitely not in Israel.
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Considering this is sometimes used as an insult meaning "moron", it's probably not wise to give a child this name.
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