HebrewH3779Noun

כַּשְׂדַּי

kas.day

6Occurrences
H3779Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea; by implication, a Magian or professional astrologer

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3778 (כַּשְׂדִּי);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Group of kas.di (*כַּשְׂדִּים *"Chaldea" H3778) § Chaldean = "clod breakers" 1) a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian ) the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris 3) those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--LG

Full Description

N:N--LG

Occurrences

כַּשְׂדַּי appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Daniel
6

Key Passages

Daniel 2:5BSB

The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.

Daniel 2:10BSB

The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.

Daniel 3:8BSB

At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,

Daniel 5:7BSB

The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel 5:11BSB

There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods.Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,

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