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

8The sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. 9— And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth. 11— And Mizraim begot the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim, 12and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim out of whom came the Philistines, and the Caphtorim.

1 Chronicles 1:10 word by word

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

• Cushכּוּשׁkûsh · CushH3568
• Nimrodנִמְרֹדnimrôd nimrôd · NimrodH5248
• beganחָלַלchâlal · to boreH2490
• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• mightyגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:10

• Genesis 10:8And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.
• Micah 5:6And they shall waste the land of Asshur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof; and he shall deliver [us] from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

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