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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; 24:10Jeremiah 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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Strong's Number H3778 matches the Hebrew כַּשְׂדִּימָה (kaśdîmâ),
which occurs 82 times in 80 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 11:28–Jer 40:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:28 - And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. H3778
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, H3778 to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:7 - And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, H3778 to give thee this land to inherit it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, H3778 and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees H3778 were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - And the army of the Chaldees H3778 pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:10 - And all the army of the Chaldees, H3778 that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13 - And 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, did the Chaldees H3778 break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: H3778 dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25 - But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees H3778 that were with him at Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:26 - And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees. H3778
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, H3778 who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7 - Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, H3778 and gavest him the name of Abraham;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:17 - While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans H3778 made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' H3778 excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13 - Behold the land of the Chaldeans; H3778 this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:14 - Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, H3778 whose cry is in the ships.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:1 - Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: H3778 for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:5 - Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: H3778 for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 - All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. H3778
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:20 - Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, H3778 with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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;
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.
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.
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
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:
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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