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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 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 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:9

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:25

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5

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.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:4

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;

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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”’?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:25

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.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:43

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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5

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:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:11

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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8

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.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:9

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10

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.’”

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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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13

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!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:2

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.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18

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.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:19

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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23

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.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:8

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10

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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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3 - Ishmael also struck down all the Jews who were with him, that is with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldeans H3778 who were found there, 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, since Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:3 - but Baruch the son of Neriah is inciting you against us to give us over into the hand of the Chaldeans H3778, so they will put us to death or exile us to Babylon.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:1 -

The word which Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans H3778, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:8 -

“Wander away from the midst of Babylon

And [fn]go forth from the land of the Chaldeans H3778;

Be also like male goats [fn]at the head of the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:10 -

“[fn]Chaldea H3778 will become spoil;

All who take her spoil will have enough,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:25 -

Yahweh has opened His armory

And has brought forth the weapons of His indignation,

For it is a work of Lord Yahweh 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 against the Chaldeans H3778,” declares Yahweh,

“And against the inhabitants of Babylon

And against her officials and her wise men!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh which He has counseled against Babylon, and His purposes which He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans H3778: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their [fn]pasture desolate because of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:4 -

“They will fall down [fn]slain in the land of the Chaldeans H3778,

And pierced through in their streets.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:24 -

“But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea H3778 for all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:35 -

“May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,”

The [fn]inhabitant of Zion will say;

And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea H3778,”

Jerusalem will say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:54 -

The sound of an outcry from Babylon,

And of 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 breached, and all the men of war fled and went forth from the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans H3778 were [fn]all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8 - But the military force of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the [fn]plains of Jericho, and all his military force was scattered from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14 - So all the military force of the Chaldeans H3778 who were with the captain of the guard tore down all the walls around Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:17 -

Now the bronze pillars which belonged to the house of Yahweh and the stands and the bronze sea, which were in the house of Yahweh, the Chaldeans H3778 shattered and carried all their bronze to Babylon.

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