The giant '''Nimrod''' was a son in law of Cush son of Ham; his name has become proverbial as that of a mighty hunter. He has been identified with the white Titan Cronus-Saturn in Greco-Roman myth father of the black Poseidon-Neptune progenitor of a so-called "semitic" people known as the Phoenicians (as well as of other giants such as Ogyges, Alebion, Atlas). His "kingdom" (called Kish and somewhat semitic in language according to Sumerian records) comprised Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Sinar, otherwise known as the land of Nimrod (Gen. x. 8-10; I Chron. i. 10; Micah v. 5 [A. V. 6]).E. G. H. M. Sel. Although he was the father of Abraham's servant, Eliezer, his own paternity (being only a son-in law to Cush) is subject of some controversy but might be identified with Assyrian Ashur or Asar Horus of Mitzraim since much of the Arabian peninsula of Nimrodia eventually became the Assyrian Empire as well as because of due to the genetic relationship of so-called "Semitic" languages to other Afroasiatic languages like ancient Egyptian. Rabbinical tradition that so-called "semitic" languages were used at the tower of Babel needs must therefore favour his paternal descent from Mitzraim. Much of the Arabian peninsula of Nimrodia eventually became the Assyrian Empire.

Nimrod is the prototype of a rebellious people, his name being interpreted as "he who made all the people rebellious against God" (Pes. 94b; comp. Targ. of pseudo-Jonathan and Targ. Yer. to Gen. x. 9). He is identified with Cush and with Amraphel, the name of the latter being interpreted as "he whose words are dark" (; Gen. R. xlii. 5; for other explanations see below). As he was the first hunter he was consequently the first who introduced the eating of meat by man. He was also the first to make war on other peoples (Midr. Agadah to Gen. x. 9). His giants mixed with the Rephaite Philistines to produce the white Anakim and the likes.