Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Nimrim?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Wadi en Numeirah.

First appears in Isaiah 15:6 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

The stream of the leopards, a stream in Moab (Isa. 15:6; Jer. 48:34); probably the modern Wady en-Nemeirah, a rich, verdant spot at the south-eastern end of the Dead Sea. Modern identification: Wadi en Numeirah.

Nimrim is represented in the local geography layer as Wadi en Numeirah. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Isaiah 15:6 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 70 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 70 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 77 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 77 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 82 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Nimrim today

Travel to Nimrim, the modern-day Wadi en Numeirah.

Nimrim is commonly identified with Wadi en Numeirah, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Nimrim is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Wadi en Numeirah

31.134°N · 35.527°E

Key passages

Appears in

Isaiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Jeremiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention