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Lexicon :: Strong's H3779 - kaśday

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כַּשְׂדַּי
Transliteration
kaśday
Pronunciation
kas-dah'-ee
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Part of Speech
masculine patrial noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

כַּשְׂדַּי Kasday, kas-dah'-ee; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3778; a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea; by implication, a Magian or professional astrologer:—Chaldean.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H3779 in the following manner: Chaldean (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H3779 in the following manner: Chaldean (8x).
  1. Chaldean = "clod breakers"

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

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כַּשְׂדַּי Kasday, kas-dah'-ee; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3778; a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea; by implication, a Magian or professional astrologer:—Chaldean.
STRONGS H3779: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

כַּשְׂדָּ֑י proper name, of a people Chaldean (see Biblical Hebrew H3778 כַּשְׂדִּים); — absolute כ׳ Daniel 2:10; emphatic כשדיא Daniel 5:30 Kt (Qr כַּשְׂדָּאָה), כסדיא [H3679 Ezra 5:12] Kt (Qr כַּסְדָּאָה); plural absolute כַּשְׂדָּאִין Daniel 3:8; Daniel 5:11, emphatic כשדיא Kt, כַּשְׂדָּאֵי Qr, Daniel 2:5, Daniel 2:10; Daniel 4:4 [Daniel 4:7]; Daniel 5:7; —
1. Chaldean by race Daniel 3:8; Daniel 5:30; [H3679 Ezra 5:12].
2. as learned, of the class of Magi (Biblical Hebrew כ׳ 1 c), Daniel 2:5, Daniel 2:10 (twice in verse); Daniel 4:4 [Daniel 4:7]; Daniel 5:7, Dan 5:11.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Daniel

2:5; 2:5; 2:10; 2:10; 2:10; 3:8; 3:8; 4:7; 4:7; 5:7; 5:7; 5:11; 5:11; 5:30; 5:30

H3779

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3779 matches the Hebrew כַּשְׂדַּי (kaśday),
which occurs 13 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:5 - The king replied to the Chaldeans, “My command is firm and unchangeable: if you do not reveal to me the [content of the] dream along with its interpretation, you shall be cut into pieces and your houses shall be made a heap of rubbish.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans answered the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who can tell the king this matter, for no king, lord or ruler has ever asked such a thing as this of any magician or enchanter or Chaldean.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:8 -

At that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought [malicious] accusations against the Jews.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7 - “Then the magicians, the enchanters (Magi), the Chaldeans [who were the master astrologers] and the diviners came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it and make known its meaning to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king called aloud to bring in the enchanters (Magi), the Chaldeans [who were master astrologers] and the diviners. The king said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever can read this writing and explain its interpretation to me shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold put around his neck, and have authority as the [fn]third ruler in the kingdom.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11 - “There is a man in your kingdom in whom is [fn]a spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And [fn]King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans and diviners.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:30 -

During that same [fn]night Belshazzar the [last] Chaldean king was slain [by troops of the [fn]invading army].

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