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Episode: True Birth of CHRIST Pt 11: REBELLION IS AS THE SIN OF WITCHCRAFT
Description: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature
Nimrod
(Heb. Nimnrod’; × Ö·×žÖ°×¨Ö¹×“, probably from the Persic Nabard, i.e. Lord; which corresponds to the name given by Moses to the founder of the Babylonian monarchy; Josephus identifies Nimrod with the builder of the tower of Babel, which he represents as an act of blasphemous impiety. This arises from the old etymology; of the name (as if from מָרִד, to rebel; Gesen. Thesaur. s.v.), and agrees with the remarkable fact that, according to the Persian astrology the constellation of the Giant — that is, Orion was named from Nimrod; and some have identified Nimrod with the Greek Or...