[Spridgets] Is there really a Mini called Nimrod?.......ebay #270462874610

[robertduquette at sympatico.ca]

I'd go with the Amazon definition ... :)



Descendant of 'Ham' in the dictionary.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nimrod



> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:43:14 -0700
>
> > I believe that the real meaning is "great hunter" and the slang meaning
is
> > "idiot".
>
> www.biblegateway.com
> Genesis 10:8-10 (New International Version)
> Cush was the father [a] of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the
> earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said,"Like
> Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."
>
> www.christiananswers.net
> comes from the Hebrew verb marad, meaning 3rebel.2 Adding an 3n2 before the
> 3m2 it becomes an infinitive construct, 3Nimrod.2 (see Kautzsch 1910: 137
> 2b, also BDB 1962: 597). The meaning then is 3The Rebel.2 Thus 3Nimrod2 may
> not be the character's name at all. It is more likely a derisive term of a
> type, a representative, of a system that is epitomized in rebellion against
> the Creator, the one true God. Rebellion began soon after the Flood as
> civilizations were restored.
>
> Amazon.com
> Nimrod came along two years after 1995's Insomniac and was the first
> indication of Green Day's willingness to stretch the boundaries of punk
> rock.