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Lexicon :: Strong's H3778 - kaśdîmâ

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כַּשְׂדִּימָה
Transliteration
kaśdîmâ
Pronunciation
kas-dee'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Chaldea or Chaldeans = "clod-breakers"
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: כשדימה (Strongs) כשדים (Gesenius) כשדי (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

כַּשְׂדִּי Kasdîy, kas-dee'; (occasionally with enclitic) כַּשְׂדִּימָה Kasdîymâh; towards the Kasdites into Chaldea), patronymically from H3777 (only in the plural); a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people:—Chaldeans, Chaldees, inhabitants of Chaldea).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x

The KJV translates Strong's H3778 in the following manner: Chaldeans (59x), Chaldees (14x), Chaldea (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 80x
The KJV translates Strong's H3778 in the following manner: Chaldeans (59x), Chaldees (14x), Chaldea (7x).

  1. a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf (n pr m)

  2. the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris

  3. those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כַּשְׂדִּי Kasdîy, kas-dee'; (occasionally with enclitic) כַּשְׂדִּימָה Kasdîymâh; towards the Kasdites into Chaldea), patronymically from H3777 (only in the plural); a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people:—Chaldeans, Chaldees, inhabitants of Chaldea).
STRONGS H3778: Abbreviations
† כַּשְׂדִּים proper name, of a people and territory Kasdim = Chaldeans, Chaldea, Greek Version of the LXX Χαλδαῖοι and (Jeremiah 50:10) ἡ Χαλδαία (Assyrian (mat) Kaldu, Kaldû from earlier (Babylonian) form [* Kašdu] — š before dental becoming l, DlPar 128 f.200f.; Assyrian Gr. § 51, 3; SchrKGF 94ff.; COT on Genesis 11:28); —
1. Chaldeans:
a. people dwelling on lower Euphrates and Tigris; in proper name, of a location אוּר כ׳ Genesis 11:28 (J), Genesis 11:31 (P), Genesis 15:7 (J), Nehemiah 9:7.
b. especially the people ruled by Nebuchadrezzar; — כ׳ Jeremiah 37:10; 39:5; Ezekiel 23:23; 2 Kings 24:2; 25:4, 25:5, 25:10, 25:13 = Jeremiah 52:7, 52:8, 52:14, 52:17 (2 Kings 24:5; 24:10 — Jeremiah 39:5, 8), 2 Kings 25:26; Isaiah 13:19; 43:14; 48:14,48:20; Job 1:17; Kt. כַּשְׂדִּיִּים Ezekiel 23:14; 2 Chronicles 36:17; הַכּ׳ Jeremiah 21:4, 21:9; 22:25; 32:4, 32:5, 32:24, 32:25, 32:28, 32:29, 32:43; 33:5; 35:11; 37:5, 37:8, 37:9, 37:11, 37:13,37:14; 38:2, 38:18, 38:19, 38:23; 39:8; 40:9, 40:10; 41:3, 41:18; 43:3; 50:35; Habakkuk 1:6; 2 Kings 25:24, 25:25; בַּתכֿ׳ Isaiah 47:1; 47:5 = Babylon (in dirge); אֶרֶץ כ׳ ἡ γῆ Χαλδαίων on locality see Schr Dll.c.) Jeremiah 24:5; 25:12; 50:1, 50:8, 50:25, 50:45; 51:4, 51:54; Ezekiel 1:3; 12:3, also Isaiah 23:13 (inauthentic, Di Che; read כְּנַעֲנִים Ew Schr, or כִּתִּים Du); סֵפֶר וּלְשׂוֺן כ׳ Daniel 1:4; מַלְכוּת כ׳ Daniel 9:1.
c. Chaldeans, as learned class, skilled in interpretations Daniel 2:2 (+ חַרְטֻמִּים אַשָּׁפִים מְכַשְּׁפִים), Daniel 2:4.
2. Chaldea, וְהָֽיְתָה כַּשְׂדִּים לְשָׁלָל Jeremiah 50:10 and Chaldea shall be despoiled; יוֺשְׁבֵי כ׳ Jeremiah 51:24, 51:35; כַּשְׂדִּים אֶרֶץ מוֺלַדְתָּם Ezekiel 23:15; with ה locative: כַּשְׂדִּ֫ימָה Ezekiel 11:24; 16:29; 23:16.

See related Aramaic H3779.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:28; 11:28; 11:31; 15:7

2 Kings

24:2; 24:5; 24:10; 25:4; 25:5; 25:10; 25:13; 25:24; 25:25; 25:26

2 Chronicles

36:17

Nehemiah

9:7

Job

1:17

Isaiah

13:19; 23:13; 43:14; 47:1; 47:5; 48:14; 48:20

Jeremiah

21:4; 21:9; 22:25; 24:5; 25:12; 32:4; 32:5; 32:24; 32:25; 32:28; 32:29; 32:43; 33:5; 35:11; 37:5; 37:8; 37:9; 37:10; 37:11; 37:13; 37:14; 38:2; 38:18; 38:19; 38:23; 39:5; 39:5; 39:8; 39:8; 40:9; 40:10; 41:3; 41:18; 43:3; 50:1; 50:8; 50:10; 50:10; 50:25; 50:35; 50:45; 51:4; 51:24; 51:35; 51:54; 52:7; 52:8; 52:14; 52:17

Ezekiel

1:3; 11:24; 12:3; 16:29; 23:14; 23:15; 23:16; 23:23

Daniel

1:4; 2:2; 2:4; 9:1

Habakkuk

1:6

H3778

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Strong's Number H3778 matches the Hebrew כַּשְׂדִּימָה (kaśdîmâ),
which occurs 82 times in 80 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Jer 41:3–Hab 1:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3 - Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans H3778 that were found there, and the men of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:18 - Because of the Chaldeans: H3778 for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:3 - But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, H3778 that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:1 - The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans H3778 by Jeremiah the prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:8 - Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, H3778 and be as the he goats before the flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:10 - And Chaldea H3778 shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:25 - The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. H3778

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:35 - A sword is upon the Chaldeans, H3778 saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: H3778 Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:4 - Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, H3778 and they that are thrust through in her streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:24 - And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea H3778 all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:35 - The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, H3778 shall Jerusalem say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:54 - A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: H3778

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans H3778 were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8 - But the army of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14 - And all the army of the Chaldeans, H3778 that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:17 - Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans H3778 brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:3 - The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans H3778 by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:24 - Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, H3778 to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:13 - My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; H3778 yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:29 - Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; H3778 and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans H3778 pourtrayed with vermilion,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15 - Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, H3778 the land of their nativity:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:16 - And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. H3778

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, H3778 Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. H3778

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:2 - Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, H3778 for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:4 - Then spake the Chaldeans H3778 to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:1 - In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; H3778

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 - For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, H3778 that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.

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