What do we know about the name Nimrod?

Thomas R. Valletta

“The name ‘Nimrod’ evoked strong feelings among the ancients and was usually associated with ‘rebellion.’ It may have carried more meaning than simply a name-title for a valley. Nimrod, who ‘founded the kingdom of Babel,’ had ‘established false priesthood and false kingship in the earth in imitation of God’s rule and ‘made all men to sin’” (Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, 165). “He typified Satan” (Valletta, “Jared and His Brother,” 310).

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