BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5247
nim.rah — Nimrah
Nimrah = "limpid" or "pure" a place on the east of the Jordan, 10 miles (16 km) north of the Dead Sea and 3 miles (5 km) east of the Jordan Another name of bet nim.rah (בֵּית נִמְרָה "Beth-nimrah" H1039)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1039
bet nim.rah — Beth-nimrah
Beth-Nimrah = "house of the leopard" a place east of the Jordan in Gad Also named: nim.rah (נִמְרָה "Nimrah" H5247)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Pure, a city on the east of Jordan (Num. 32:3); probably the same as Beth-nimrah (Josh. 13:27). It has been identified with the Nahr Nimrin, at one of the fords of Jordan, not far from Jericho.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
