> I believe that the real meaning is "great hunter" and the slang meaning is
> "idiot".
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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."
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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.
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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.
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