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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; 24:10Jeremiah 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.
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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 1 / 2 (Gen 11:28–Jer 40:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:28 - And Haran died [fn]in the presence of Terah his father in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans H3778.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 -

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out [fn]together from Ur of the Chaldeans H3778 in order to go to the land of Canaan; and they came as far as Haran and [fn]settled there.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:7 - And He said to him, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans H3778, to give you this land to [fn]possess it.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - And Yahweh sent against him marauding bands of Chaldeans H3778, marauding bands of Arameans, marauding bands of Moabites, and marauding bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Yahweh which He had spoken by the hand of His slaves the prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans H3778 were all around the city. And [fn]they went by way of the Arabah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the military force of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his military force was scattered from him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:10 - So all the military force of the Chaldeans H3778 who were with the captain of the guard tore down the walls around Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13 -

Now the bronze pillars which were in the house of Yahweh, and the stands and the bronze sea which were in the house of Yahweh, the Chaldeans H3778 shattered and carried the [fn]bronze to Babylon.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - Then Gedaliah swore to them and their men and said to them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans H3778; live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25 -

But it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, came [fn]with ten men and struck Gedaliah down so that he died, along with the Jews and the Chaldeans H3778 who were with him at Mizpah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:26 - Then all the people, both small and great, and the commanders of the military forces arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans H3778.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans H3778 who killed their choice men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on choice man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7 -

“You are Yahweh God,

Who chose Abram

And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees H3778,

And gave him the name Abraham.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:17 - While this one was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans H3778 set up three companies and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the young men with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 -

And it will be that Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the [fn]honor of the Chaldeans’ H3778 pride,

Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13 -

Behold, the land of the Chaldeans H3778—this is the people which was not; Assyria established it for desert creatures—they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, they made it a ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:14 -

Thus says Yahweh your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,

“For your sake I have sent to Babylon,

And will bring down those who fled—all of them,

[fn]Even the Chaldeans H3778—into the ships [fn]in which they shouted for joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:1 -

“Come down and sit in the dust,

O virgin daughter of Babylon;

Sit on the ground without a throne,

O daughter of the Chaldeans H3778!

For you shall no longer be called tender and delicate.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:5 -

“Sit silently, and go into darkness,

O daughter of the Chaldeans H3778,

For you will no longer be called

The queen of kingdoms.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 -

“Assemble, all of you, and hear!

Who among them has declared these things?

Yahweh loves him; he will carry out His good pleasure on Babylon,

And His arm will be against the Chaldeans H3778.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:20 -

Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans H3778!

Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, cause this to be heard,

Bring it forth to the end of the earth;

Say, “Yahweh has redeemed His servant Jacob.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am about to turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which you are warring against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans H3778 who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will gather them into the center of this city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:9 - “He who inhabits this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence; but he who goes out and falls away to the Chaldeans H3778 who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as spoil.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:25 - and I will give you over into the hand of those who are seeking your life, indeed, into the hand of those whom you dread, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans H3778.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5 - “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Like these good figs, so I will recognize as good the exiles of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans H3778.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:12 -

‘Then it will be when seventy years are fulfilled, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ declares Yahweh, ‘for their iniquity, even the land of the Chaldeans H3778; and I will make it an everlasting desolation.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:4 - and Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans H3778, but he will surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will speak with him [fn]face to face and see him eye to eye;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:5 - and he will lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I [fn]visit him,” declares Yahweh. “If you fight against the Chaldeans H3778, you will not succeed”’?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - ‘Behold, the siege ramps have come to the city to capture it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans H3778, who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine, and the pestilence; and what You have spoken has happened; and behold, You see it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:25 - ‘And You have said to me, O Lord Yahweh, “Buy for yourself the field with money and call in witnesses”—but the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans H3778.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28 - Therefore thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans H3778 and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will capture it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - “And the Chaldeans H3778 who are fighting against this city will enter and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses where people have burned incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:43 - ‘Thus fields will be bought in this land of which you all are saying, “It is a desolation, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans H3778.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - ‘While they are coming to fight with the Chaldeans H3778 and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have struck down in My anger and in My wrath, and I have hidden My face from this city because of all their evil:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:11 - “But it happened that when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, we said, ‘Come, let us come to Jerusalem before the military force of the Chaldeans H3778 and before the military force of the Arameans.’ So we have inhabited Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - Meanwhile, Pharaoh’s military force had come out from Egypt; and the Chaldeans H3778 who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them. So they withdrew from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - “The Chaldeans H3778 will also return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:9 - “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans H3778 will surely go away from us,” for they will not go.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - ‘For even if you had struck down the entire military force of the Chaldeans H3778 who were fighting against you, and there were only wounded men remaining among them, each man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:11 -

Now it happened when the military force of the Chaldeans H3778 had withdrawn from Jerusalem because of the military force of Pharaoh,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13 - Now it happened that while he was at the Gate of Benjamin, the master of the guard whose name was Irijah the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are [fn]going over to the Chaldeans H3778!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14 - But Jeremiah said, “A lie! I am not [fn]going over to the Chaldeans H3778”; yet he would not listen to him. So Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:2 - “Thus says Yahweh, ‘He who stays in this city will die by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans H3778 will live and have his own life as spoil and stay alive.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18 - ‘But if you will not go out to the [fn]officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given over to the hand of the Chaldeans H3778; and they will burn it with fire, and you yourself will not escape from their hand.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:19 - Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am anxious because of the Jews who have [fn]gone over to the Chaldeans H3778, lest they give me over into their hand and they deal severely with me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23 -

‘And they will also bring out all your wives and your sons to the Chaldeans H3778, and you yourself will not escape from their hand, but will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned with fire.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the military force of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the [fn]plains of Jericho; and they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he spoke judgment on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:8 - The Chaldeans H3778 also burned with fire the house of the king and the houses of the people, and they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - Then Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore to them and to their men, saying, “Do not be afraid of serving the Chaldeans H3778; stay in the land and serve the king of Babylon, that it may go well with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - “Now as for me, behold, I am going to stay at Mizpah to stand for you before the Chaldeans H3778 who come to us; but as for you, gather in wine and summer fruit and oil and put them in your storage vessels and stay in your cities that you have seized.”

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