1 Chronicles 1:10

1 Chronicles 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on earth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

Context of 1 Chronicles 1:10

8Ham’s sons: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. Raama’s sons: Sheba and Dedan. Cush fathered Nimrod, who was the first to become a great warrior on earth. 11Mizraim fathered the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, 12Pathrus, Casluh (the Philistines came from them), and Caphtor.

1 Chronicles 1:10 word by word

וְכ֖וּשׁ יָלַ֣ד אֶת־נִמְר֑וֹד ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל לִהְי֥וֹת גִּבּ֖וֹר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Cushכּוּשׁkûsh · CushH3568
• begatיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• Nimrodנִמְרֹדnimrôd nimrôd · NimrodH5248
• he beganחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: beginH2490
• to be mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:10

• Genesis 10:8Cush fathered Nimrod, who began to be powerful in the land.
• Micah 5:6They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with a drawn blade. So he will rescue us from Assyria when it invades our land, when it marches against our territory.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10He began to be mighty upon the earth - "He began to be bold in sin, a murderer of the innocent, and a rebel before the Lord." - T.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-23The record of Noah’s descendants shows Abraham’s place in history. The ethnic background of the seventy nations gives context to Israel’s history (compare Genesis 10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-234-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 1:10

• Cush
• Genealogy
• Ham
• Nimrod

In the dictionaries

• Cush
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Nimrod
• Semites, Semitic Religion
• Sheba

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary