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Nimrod in the Bible, descendant of Cush who is recorded as a mighty hunter.

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Nimrod 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).

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Nimrod. 9th (adagio) of Elgar's Enigma Variations. So called because it is a portrait of Elgar's friend A. J. Jaeger (Jäger is Ger. for hunter: Nimrod was ‘mighty hunter’ in Old Testament). Enshrines a day when the two men discussed Beethoven slow movts. and is often used as a commemorative separate item.

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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Nimrod." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 3 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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