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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:5 - The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be torn limb from limb, and your houses shall be laid in ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans answered the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who can meet the king’s demand, for no great and powerful king has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or Chaldean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:8 - Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and maliciously accused the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7 - Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me its interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared[fn] to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11 - There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods.[fn] In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:30 - That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed.
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