כַּשְׂדִּיKasdîy
כַּשְׂדִּים: proper name [of a people and territory]: Kasdim = Chaldeans, Chaldea
Pronunciation: kas-dee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3778
Meanings
1. Chaldeans
a. people dwelling on lower Euphrates and Tigris (Genesis 11:28; Genesis 11:31; Genesis 15:7)
b. especially the people ruled by Nebuchadrezzar (Jeremiah 37:10; Jeremiah 39:5; Ezekiel 23:23)
c. Chaldeans, as learned class, skilled in interpretations (Daniel 2:2; Daniel 2:4)
2. Chaldea (Jeremiah 50:10; Jeremiah 51:24; Jeremiah 51:35)
כַשְׂדִּים: proper name [of a people]: Chaldean
1. Chaldean, by race (Daniel 3:8; Daniel 5:30; Ezra 5:12)
2. as learned, of the class of Magi (Daniel 2:5; Daniel 2:10; Daniel 4:4)
Same root
- כֶּשֶׂדKesed · H3777Kesed, a relative of Abraham
- ΧαλδαῖοςChaldaîos · G5466a Chaldæan (i.e. Kasdi), or native or the region of the lower Euphrates
- כַּסְדַּיKaçday · H3679{a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people}
- כַּשְׂדַּיKasday · H3779a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea; by implication, a Magian or professional astrologer
Where it appears
Appears 80 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 11:28 But Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his father, Terah, was still living.
- Genesis 11:31 One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran’s child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.
- Genesis 15:7 Then the Lord told him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession.”
- 2 Kings 24:2 Then the Lord sent bands of Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Judah to destroy it, just as the Lord had promised through his prophets.
- 2 Kings 25:4 Then a section of the city wall was broken down. Since the city was surrounded by the Babylonians, the soldiers waited for nightfall and escaped through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden. Then they headed toward the Jordan Valley.
- 2 Kings 25:5 But the Babylonian troops chased the king and overtook him on the plains of Jericho, for his men had all deserted him and scattered.
See every passage
- Genesis 11:28, 11:31, 15:7
- 2 Kings 24:2, 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, 39:8, 40:9, 40:10, 41:3, 41:18, 43:3, 50:1, 50:8, 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, 12:13, 16:29, 23:14, 23:15, 23:16, 23:23
- Daniel 1:4, 2:2, 2:4, 9:1
- Habakkuk 1:6
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).