Strong’s H5249 · Hebrew
נִמְרִים
Nimrîym · nim-reem'
Origin plural of a masculine corresponding to נִמְרָה (H5247); clear waters;
Meaning Nimrim, a place East of the Jordan
In the King James Version Nimrim. Compare בֵּית נִמְרָה (H1039).
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Isaiah 15:6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
- Jeremiah 48:34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.