HebrewH3778Noun

כַּשְׂדִּים

kas.di

80Occurrences
H3778Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people

(occasionally with enclitic) כַּשְׂדִּימָה; towards the Kasdites into Chaldea), patronymically from H3777 (כֶּשֶׂד) (only in the plural);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Chaldea or Chaldeans = "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

כַּשְׂדִּים appears 80 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
46
2 Kings
8
Ezk
8
Isaiah
7
Daniel
4
Genesis
3
2 Chronicles
1
Habakkuk
1

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 36:17BSB

So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,

Ezk 16:29BSB

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Jeremiah 21:4BSB

this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.

Jeremiah 37:9BSB

This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!

Jeremiah 50:1BSB

This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:

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