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Nimrah
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
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.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(limpid, pure), a place mentioned by this name in (Numbers 32:3) only. If it is the same as BETU-NIMRAH, ver. 36, it belonged to the tribe of Gad. It was ten miles north of the Dead Sea and three miles east of the Jordan, in the hill of Nimrim.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
NIM'RAH (limpid, pure), a city of Gad east of the Jordan; noticed only in Num 32:3, and probably identical with Beth-nimrah. Num 32:36. Its site may be on the hill of Nimrin, about 3 miles east of the Jordan and 10 miles north of the Dead Sea, where are some ruins.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
Nimrim, leopard; bitterness; rebellion
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
NIM'RAH (limpid, pure), a city of Gad east of the Jordan; noticed only in Num 32:3, and probably identical with Beth-nimrah. Num 32:36. Its site may be on the hill of Nimrin, about 3 miles east of the Jordan and 10 miles north of the Dead Sea, where are some ruins.