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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 80 times in 80 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Jer 41:3–Hab 1:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3 - Ishmael also struck down all the Jews who were with him, that is, with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans 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; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had murdered Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had 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 has set you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death or carry us away captive to Babylon.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:1 - The word that the LORD spoke against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:8 - “Move from the midst of Babylon,
Go out of the land of the Chaldeans;
And be like the rams before the flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:10 - And Chaldea shall become plunder;
All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:25 - The LORD has opened His armory,
And has brought out the weapons of His indignation;
For this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts
In the land of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:35 - “A sword is against the Chaldeans,” says the LORD,
“Against the inhabitants of Babylon,
And against her princes and her wise men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that He has taken against Babylon,
And His purposes that He has proposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He will make their dwelling place 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,
And those thrust through in her streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:24 - “And I will repay Babylon
And all the inhabitants of Chaldea
For all the evil they have done
In Zion in your sight,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:35 - Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
“And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
Jerusalem will say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:54 - The sound of a cry comes from Babylon,
And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - Then the city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled and went out of the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were near the city all around. And they went by way of the plain.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8 - But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. 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 who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:17 - The bronze pillars that were in the house of the LORD, and the carts and the bronze Sea that were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried all their bronze to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:3 - the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans[fn] by the River Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was upon him there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:24 - Then the Spirit took me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea,[fn] to those in captivity. And the vision that I had seen went up from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:13 - “I will also spread My net over him, and he shall be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:29 - “Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - But she increased her harlotry;
She looked at men portrayed on the wall,
Images of Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15 - Girded with belts around their waists,
Flowing turbans on their heads,
All of them looking like captains,
In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea,
The land of their nativity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:16 - As soon as her eyes saw them,
She lusted for them
And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - The Babylonians,
All the Chaldeans,
Pekod, Shoa, Koa,
All the Assyrians with them,
All of them desirable young men,
Governors and rulers,
Captains and men of renown,
All of them riding on horses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - young men in whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge and quick to understand, who had ability to serve in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the language and literature of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:2 - Then the king gave the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:4 - Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic,[fn] “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:1 - In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 - For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans,
A bitter and hasty nation
Which marches through the breadth of the earth,
To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.

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