2007-08-30 12:27:58 · 12 answers · asked by stylestj 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The name "Nimrod", as some have noted, comes from the Hebrew Bible. What they have not remarked on is the name's MEANING. It is NOT "hunter" -- that is added as a description of something said about the man.
The name itself appears to come from the Hebrew root m-r-d, which means "to rebel". Nimrod seems to be portrayed (in Genesis 10) as one who was a great/mighty REBEL against God. (Notice that his activity is associated with the area of Babylon, a city and kingdom seen as an example of human beings trying to 'do it on their own', rather than serving God.)
2007-08-31 11:36:39 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nimrod: similar to nincompoop.
the word officially means: a mighty hunter; but the common applied terminology stems from the slang and is similar to the definitions of:
nincompoop: a stupid, silly person, a fool.
dolt: a stupid person
idiot: an extremely foolosh or stupid person
Nimrod was a Biblical Figure (Genesis 10:9);
2007-08-31 17:29:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Bible and in legend, Nimrod (Standard Hebrew × Ö´×ְר×Ö¹× Nimrod, Tiberian Hebrew × Ö´×Ö°×¨Ö¹× NimrÅá¸), son of Cush, grandson of Ham, great-grandson of Noah, was a Mesopotamian monarch and "a mighty hunter before Yahweh". He is mentioned in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10), in the First Book of Chronicles, and in the Book of Micah. In the Bible he is an obscure figure; in later interpretations, as recorded by Josephus and the rabbis who compiled the midrash, he is the subject of innumerable legends. The most prominent of these was the story that he built the Tower of Babel.
2007-08-30 19:36:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Nimrod was a biblical figure.
partly because of that, it came to mean a "hunter" or "great hunter".
The idea that Nimrod = stupid or silly actually comes from the Bugs bunny cartoon.
Bugs bunny more than once called Elmer Fudd (a hunter) a poor little Nimrod.
Most of the public watching didn't understand the biblical reference, or that Nimrod was a term for hunter, so they misconstrued the meaning.
2007-08-30 19:35:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Nimrod
"great hunter," 1712, in ref. to the biblical son of Cush, referred to (Gen. x.8-9) as "a mighty hunter before the Lord."
It came to mean "geek, klutz" by 1983 in teenager slang, for unknown reasons.
2007-08-30 20:38:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nimrod is a Biblical word. Here's the wikipedia link, if you desire to look it up more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod_(king)
The word Gomer is also Biblical, by the way, in case you are wondering about odd words. Gomer actually means a woman of loose morals.
~Garnet
2007-08-30 19:40:27 · answer #6 · answered by Bohemian_Garnet_Permaculturalist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a nimrod was a hunter, but today's meaning has changed.
2007-08-30 19:35:25 · answer #7 · answered by lestermount 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As in the American slang word?
Because there's quite a few variations and the earliest usage seems to be the bible.
Hope the site below helps you:
2007-08-30 19:38:20 · answer #8 · answered by Dale 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the grate grandson of Noah.
2007-08-30 19:43:33 · answer #9 · answered by mailbox_5 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your a nimrod your dumb
2007-08-30 19:49:14 · answer #10 · answered by Brandon 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋