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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74132" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74132" /> == | ||
<p> '''Nim'rim.''' ''( | <p> '''Nim'rim.''' ''(Limpid, Pure).'' ''The [[Waters]] Of '' [[Nimrim]] ''.'' A stream or brook within the country of Moab, which is mentioned in the denunciations, of that nation by Isaiah, Isaiah 15:6, and Jeremiah. Jeremiah 48:34. We should, perhaps, look for the site of Nimrim in [[Moab]] proper, that is, on the southeastern shoulder of the [[Dead]] Sea. </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70569" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70569" /> == | ||
<p> [[Nimrim]] (''Nim' | <p> [[Nimrim]] (''Nim'Rim'' ), from ''Nimr.'' Heb.—''Leopard,'' a brook in Moab. Isaiah 16:6; Jeremiah 48:34. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42620" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42620" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6637" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6637" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' nim´rim ''''' ( מי־נמרים , <i> ''''' mē ''''' </i> <i> ''''' nimrı̄m ''''' </i> ; Codex Vaticanus Νεβρείν , <i> ''''' Nebreı́n ''''' </i> ; Codex Alexandrinus Ἐβρίμ , <i> ''''' Ebrı́m ''''' </i> ( Jeremiah 48:34 ); τὸ ὔδωρ τῆς Νιμρείμ , <i> '''''tó''''' </i> <i> '''''húdōr''''' </i> <i> '''''tḗs''''' </i> <i> '''''Nimreı́m''''' </i> ( Isaiah 15:6 )): The meaning appears to be "pure" or "wholesome water." The name occurs only in Isaiah 15:6 and Jeremiah 48:34 in oracles against Moab. In each case it is mentioned in association with [[Zoar]] and Horonaim. It is therefore probably to be sought to the Southeast of the Dead Sea. Eusebius, <i> Onomasticon </i> , places a town, Bennamareim, to the Nimrim of Zoar, and identifies it with the Old [[Testament]] "Nimrim," as it seems, correctly. The name is still found in <i> '''''Wâdy''''' </i> <i> '''''Numeireh''''' </i> , opening on the sea at <i> '''''Burj''''' </i> <i> '''''Numeirah''''' </i> , Nimrim of <i> '''''Ghôr''''' </i> <i> '''''eṣ''''' </i> - <i> '''''Ṣāfiyeh''''' </i> . The waters of Nimrim may be sought either in <i> '''''Moiyet''''' </i> <i> '''''Numeirah''''' </i> or in the spring higher up, where lie the ruins of a town in a well-watered and fruitful district (Buhl, <i> | <p> ''''' nim´rim ''''' ( מי־נמרים , <i> ''''' mē ''''' </i> <i> ''''' nimrı̄m ''''' </i> ; Codex Vaticanus Νεβρείν , <i> ''''' Nebreı́n ''''' </i> ; Codex Alexandrinus Ἐβρίμ , <i> ''''' Ebrı́m ''''' </i> ( Jeremiah 48:34 ); τὸ ὔδωρ τῆς Νιμρείμ , <i> '''''tó''''' </i> <i> '''''húdōr''''' </i> <i> '''''tḗs''''' </i> <i> '''''Nimreı́m''''' </i> ( Isaiah 15:6 )): The meaning appears to be "pure" or "wholesome water." The name occurs only in Isaiah 15:6 and Jeremiah 48:34 in oracles against Moab. In each case it is mentioned in association with [[Zoar]] and Horonaim. It is therefore probably to be sought to the Southeast of the Dead Sea. Eusebius, <i> Onomasticon </i> , places a town, Bennamareim, to the Nimrim of Zoar, and identifies it with the Old [[Testament]] "Nimrim," as it seems, correctly. The name is still found in <i> '''''Wâdy''''' </i> <i> '''''Numeireh''''' </i> , opening on the sea at <i> '''''Burj''''' </i> <i> '''''Numeirah''''' </i> , Nimrim of <i> '''''Ghôr''''' </i> <i> '''''eṣ''''' </i> - <i> '''''Ṣāfiyeh''''' </i> . The waters of Nimrim may be sought either in <i> '''''Moiyet''''' </i> <i> '''''Numeirah''''' </i> or in the spring higher up, where lie the ruins of a town in a well-watered and fruitful district (Buhl, <i> GAP </i> , 272). </p> | ||
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