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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.

Context of 1 Chronicles 1:10

8The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan. 9The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on earth. 11Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 12Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

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 was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.
• Micah 5:6who will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with drawn sword. He will deliver us from the Assyrians when they invade our land and march across 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