The first great king to be mentioned in the OT (Gen. 10: 8); he ruled an area consisting of the later Assyria and Babylonia. Legend had it that he was a mighty huntsman (Gen. 10: 9).
Citation for Nimrod
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MLA
"Nimrod." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 23, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1340>.
Chicago
"Nimrod." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1340 (accessed May 23, 2013).