Place Old Testament
Accad
Also known as Accad =ESV, KJV; Akkad =NIV
Accad, one of the cities in Nimrod's kingdom, likely the Akkadian city of Akkad. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Genesis 10:10.
Why it matters. An ancient city in Nimrod's kingdom, probably Akkad.
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- Location
- 33.092, 44.129 (approximate, within about 2 km)
Coordinates from STEPBible TIPNR (palopenmaps.org link). Approximate; not independently verified.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Accad
Accad is mentioned in Genesis 10:10 as one of the four cities that formed the core of Nimrod's kingdom in Shinar (Babylonia). The other cities were Babel, Erech, and Calneh. Accad is generally identified with the ancient city of Akkad, which was the capital of the Akkadian Empire founded by Sargon the Great around 2334 BC. The exact location of Akkad is unknown, but it was likely situated somewhere in northern Babylonia. The reference to Accad in Genesis 10 is part of the "Table of Nations" which describes the spread of Noah's descendants after the Flood. It shows that Nimrod, a descendant of Ham, established a powerful kingdom in Mesopotamia in the generations following the Flood.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Genesis (1 verse)