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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.
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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 46 times in 46 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, H3778 which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:9 - He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans H3778 that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:25 - And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. H3778

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5 - Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans H3778 for their good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:12 - And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, H3778 and will make it perpetual desolations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:4 - And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, H3778 but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:5 - And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, H3778 ye shall not prosper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, H3778 that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:25 - And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. H3778

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, H3778 and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - And the Chaldeans, H3778 that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:43 - And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. H3778

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - They come to fight with the Chaldeans, H3778 but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:11 - But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, H3778 and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans H3778 that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - And the Chaldeans H3778 shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:9 - Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans H3778 shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans H3778 that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:11 - And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans H3778 was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13 - And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. H3778

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14 - Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. H3778 But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:2 - Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans H3778 shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18 - But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, H3778 and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:19 - And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, H3778 lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23 - So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: H3778 and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the Chaldeans' H3778 army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:8 - And the Chaldeans H3778 burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: H3778 dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, H3778 which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3

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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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

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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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

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

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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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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