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ID: 901000609
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000609
Record Type: Character/Person

Nimrod, King (Old Testament character)

Note: Legendary biblical King of Shinar, according to the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, the son of Cush, the great-grandson of Noah. In Gen. 10:8–12 “the first on earth to be a mighty man. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord.” There is some consensus among biblical scholars that the mention of Nimrod in Genesis is a reference not to an individual but to an ancient people in Mesopotamia.

Names:
Nimrod, King (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Nimrod (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
Nemrod (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
נִמְרוֹדֿ (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)
Nimrōḏ (Old Testament character) (Hebrew (transliterated),U,N)
Namrood (Old Testament character) (Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
نمرود, (Old Testament character) (Arabic,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Nimrod, King (Old Testament character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... king (person)
.....(monarchs, rulers (people), people in administration and government, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
ruler of .... Shinar
.....(Iraq, Asia) (TGN)

Sources:
Nimrod, King (Old Testament character)
................National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)
Nimrod (Old Testament character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71B371 Story of Nimrod (Nemrod)
Nemrod (Old Testament character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71B371 Story of Nimrod (Nemrod)
נִמְרוֹדֿ (Old Testament character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod
Nimrōḏ (Old Testament character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod
Namrood (Old Testament character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod
نمرود, (Old Testament character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Nimrod," accessed 1 July 2017
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)

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