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Lexicon :: Strong's H3778 - kaśdîmâ

Aa
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 - Haran H2039 died H4191 [fn]during the lifetime H6440 of his father H1 Terah H8646 in the land H776 of his birth H4138, in Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 -

Now Terah H8646 took H3947 his son H1121 Abram H87, and Lot H3876 the son H1121 of Haran H2039, his grandson H1121, and his daughter-in-law H3618 Sarai H8297, his son H1121 Abram’s H87 wife H802, and they departed H3318 [fn]together H854 from Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778 to go H1980 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and they went H935 as far H5704 as Haran H2771 and [fn]settled H3427 there H8033.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:7 - And He said H559 to him, “I am the LORD H3068 who H834 brought H3318 you out H3318 of Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778, to give H5414 you this H2088 land H776 to [fn]possess H3423 it.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - And the LORD H3068 sent H7971 against him bands H1416 of Chaldeans H3778, bands H1416 of Arameans H758, bands H1416 of Moabites H4124, and bands H1416 of Ammonites H1121 H5983. He sent H7971 them against Judah H3063 to destroy H6 it, in accordance with the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He had spoken H1696 through H3027 His servants H5650 the prophets H5030.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then the city H5892 was broken H1234 into, and all H3605 the men H376 of war H4421 fled by night H3915 by way H1870 of the gate H8179 between H996 the two walls H2346 that were beside H5921 the king’s H4428 garden H1588, though the Chaldeans H3778 were all H5439 around H5439 the city H5892. And [fn]they went H1980 by way H1870 of the Arabah H6160.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:5 - But the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued H7291 the king H4428 and overtook H5381 him in the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405, and all H3605 his army H2428 was scattered H6327 from him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:10 - So all H3605 the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 were with the captain H7227 of the bodyguards H2876 tore H5422 down H5422 the walls H2346 around H5439 Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13 -

Now the Chaldeans H3778 smashed H7665 to H7665 pieces H7665 the bronze H5178 pillars H5982 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and the stands H4350 and the bronze H5178 [fn]Sea H3220 which H834 were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and carried H5375 the [fn]bronze H5178 to Babylon H894.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - And Gedaliah H1436 swore H7650 to them and their men H376 and said H559 to them, “Do not be H3372 afraid H3372 of the servants H5650 of the Chaldeans H3778; live H3427 in the land H776 and serve H5647 the king H4428 of Babylon H894, and it will go H3190 well H3190 for you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25 -

But it happened H1961 in the seventh H7637 month H2320, that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 [fn]family H2233, came H935 [fn]with ten H6235 men H376 and struck H5221 Gedaliah H1436 down so that he died H4191 along with the Jews H3064 and the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 were with him at Mizpah H4709.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:26 - Then all H3605 the people H5971, from the small H6996 to the great H1419, and the captains H8269 of the forces H2428 set H6965 out H6965 and came H935 to Egypt H4714; for they were H3372 afraid H3372 of the Chaldeans H3778.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - So He brought H5927 up H5927 against H5921 them the king H4428 of the Chaldeans H3778, who killed H2026 their young H970 men H970 with the sword H2719 in the house H1004 of their sanctuary H4720, and had H2550 no H3808 compassion H2550 on young H970 man H970 or virgin H1330, old H2205 man H2205 or frail H3486; He handed H5414 H3027 them all H3605 over H5414 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:7 -

“You are the LORD H3068 God H430,

Who H834 chose H977 Abram H87

And brought H3318 him out H3318 from Ur H218 of the Chaldees H3778,

And gave H7760 him the name H8034 Abraham H85.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:17 - While he was still H5750 speaking H1696, another H2088 came H935 and said H559, “The Chaldeans H3778 formed H7760 three H7969 units H7218 and made H6584 a H6584 raid H6584 on the camels H1581 and took H3947 them, and [fn]killed H5221 the servants H5288 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719, and I alone H905 H7534 have escaped H4422 to tell H5046 you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 -

And Babylon H894, the beauty H6643 of kingdoms H4467, the glory H8597 of the Chaldeans’ H3778 pride H1347,

Will be as when God H430 overthrew H4114 Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah H6017.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13 -

Behold H2005, the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778—this H2088 is the people H5971 that did not exist H1961; Assyria H804 allocated H3245 it for desert H6728 creatures H6728—they erected H6965 their siege H969 towers H969, they stripped H6209 its palaces H759, they made H7760 it a ruin H4654.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:14 -

This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 your Redeemer H1350, the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 says H559:

“For your sake H4616 I have sent H7971 to Babylon H894,

And will bring H3381 them all H3605 down H3381 as fugitives H1281,

[fn]Even the Chaldeans H3778, into the ships H591 [fn]over which they rejoice H7440.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:1 -

“Come H3381 down H3381 and sit H3427 in the dust H6083,

Virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Babylon H894;

Sit H3427 on the ground H776 without H369 a throne H3678,

Daughter H1323 of the Chaldeans H3778!

For you will no H3808 longer H3254 be called H7121 tender H7390 and delicate H6028.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:5 -

“Sit H3427 silently H1748, and go H935 into darkness H2822,

Daughter H1323 of the Chaldeans H3778;

For you will no H3808 longer H3254 be called H7121

The queen H1404 of kingdoms H4467.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 -

“Assemble H6908, all H3605 of you, and listen H8085!

Who H4310 among them has declared H5046 these H428 things H428?

The LORD H3068 loves H157 him; he will carry H6213 out H6213 His good H2656 pleasure H2656 against Babylon H894,

And His arm H2220 will be against the Chaldeans H3778.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:20 -

Go H3318 out H3318 from Babylon H894! Flee H1272 from the Chaldeans H3778!

Declare H5046 with the sound H6963 of joyful H7440 shouting H7440, proclaim H8085 this H2088,

Send H3318 it out H3318 to the end H7097 of the earth H776;

Say H559, “The LORD H3068 has redeemed H1350 His servant H5650 Jacob H3290.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: “Behold H2009, I am going to turn H5437 back H5437 the weapons H3627 of war H4421 that are in your hands H3027, with which H834 you are making H3898 war H3898 against H854 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 and the Chaldeans H3778 who are besieging H6696 H5921 you outside H4480 H2351 the wall H2346; and I will gather H622 them into the middle H8432 of this H2088 city H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:9 - Anyone who stays H3427 in this H2088 city H5892 will die H4191 by the sword H2719, by famine H7458, or by plague H1698; but anyone who leaves H3318 and goes H5307 over H5307 to the Chaldeans H3778 who are besieging H6696 H5921 you will live H2421, and he will have H1961 his own life H5315 as plunder H7998.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:25 - and I will hand H5414 H3027 you over H5414 to those who are seeking H1245 your life H5315, yes, to those of whom H834 you are frightened H3016, that is, to Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 and the Chaldeans H3778.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5 - “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: ‘Like these H428 good H2896 figs H8384, so H3651 I will regard H5234 as good H2896 the captives H1546 of Judah H3063, whom H834 I have sent H7971 out of this H2088 place H4725 into the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:12 -

‘Then it will be when seventy H7657 years H8141 are completed H4390 I will punish H6485 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 and that nation H1471,’ declares H5002 the LORD H3068, ‘for their wrongdoing H5771, and the land H776 of the Chaldeans H3778; and I will make H7760 it an everlasting H5769 desolation H8077.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:4 - and Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063 will not escape H4422 from the hand H3027 of the Chaldeans H3778, but he will certainly H5414 be handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to the king H4428 of Babylon H894, and he will speak H1696 with him [fn]face H6310 to face H6310 and see H7200 him eye H5869 to eye H5869.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:5 - Then he will take H1980 Zedekiah H6667 to Babylon H894, and he will be there H8033 until H5704 I visit H6485 him,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068. “If H3588 you fight H3898 against H854 the Chaldeans H3778, you will not succeed H6743”’?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - ‘Behold H2009, the assault H5550 ramps H5550 have reached H935 the city H5892 to take H3920 it; and the city H5892 has been handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to the Chaldeans H3778 who fight H3898 against H5921 it, because H4480 H6440 of the sword H2719, the famine H7458, and the plague H1698; and what H834 You have spoken H1696 has come H1961 to H1961 pass H1961; and behold H2009, You see H7200 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:25 - ‘Yet You have said H559 to me, Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068, “Buy H7069 for yourself the field H7704 with money H3701 and call H5749 in H5749 witnesses H5707”—although the city H5892 has been handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to the Chaldeans H3778.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28 - Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Behold H2009, I am going to hand H5414 H3027 this H2088 city H5892 over H5414 to the Chaldeans H3778 and to Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894, and he will take H3920 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - “And the Chaldeans H3778 who are fighting H3898 against H5921 this H2088 city H5892 will enter H935 and set H3341 this H2088 city H5892 on fire H784 and burn H8313 it, with the houses H1004 where H834 people have offered H6999 incense H6999 to Baal H1168 on their roofs H1406 and poured H5258 out H5258 drink H5262 offerings H5262 to other H312 gods H430, to provoke H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:43 - ‘And fields H7704 will be purchased H7069 in this H2088 land H776 of which H834 you say H559, “It is a desolation H8077, without H369 man H120 or animal H929; it has been handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to the Chaldeans H3778.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - ‘While they are coming H935 to fight H3898 the Chaldeans H3778 and to fill H4390 [fn]their houses with the bodies H6297 of people H120 whom H834 I have struck H5221 down H5221 in My anger H639 and My wrath H2534, and I have hidden H5641 My face H6440 from this H2088 city H5892 because H5921 of all H3605 their wickedness H7451:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:11 - “However, when Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H5927 up H5927 against H413 the land H776, we said H559, ‘Come H935, and let’s go H935 to Jerusalem H3389 away H4480 H6440 from the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 and the army H2428 of the Arameans H758.’ So we have lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - Meanwhile, Pharaoh’s H6547 army H2428 had set H3318 out from Egypt H4714; and when the Chaldeans H3778 who had been besieging H6696 H5921 Jerusalem H3389 heard H8085 the report H8088 about them, they withdrew H5927 from Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - “Then the Chaldeans H3778 will return H7725 and fight H3898 against H5921 this H2088 city H5892, and they will capture H3920 it and burn H8313 it with fire H784.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:9 - “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘Do not deceive H5378 yourselves H5315, saying H559, “The Chaldeans H3778 will certainly H1980 go H1980 away from us,” for they will not go H1980.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - ‘For even if H518 you had defeated H5221 the entire H3605 army H2428 of Chaldeans H3778 who were fighting H3898 against H854 you, and there were only wounded H1856 men H376 left H7604 among them, each H376 man H376 in his tent H168, they would rise H6965 up H6965 and burn H8313 this H2088 city H5892 with fire H784.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:11 -

Now it happened H1961 when the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 had withdrawn H5927 from Jerusalem H3389 because H4480 H6440 of Pharaoh’s H6547 army H2428,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13 - While he was at the Gate H8179 of Benjamin H1144, a captain H1167 of the guard H6488 whose name H8034 was Irijah H3376, the son H1121 of Shelemiah H8018 the son H1121 of Hananiah H2608 was there H8033; and he arrested H8610 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030, saying H559, “You are deserting H5307 to the Chaldeans H3778!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14 - But Jeremiah H3414 said H559, “A lie H8267! I am not deserting H5307 to the Chaldeans H3778”; yet he would not listen H8085 to him. So Irijah H3376 arrested H8610 Jeremiah H3414 and brought H935 him to the officials H8269.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:2 - “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘Anyone who stays H3427 in this H2088 city H5892 will die H4191 by the sword H2719, by famine H7458, or by plague H1698; but anyone who surrenders H3318 to the Chaldeans H3778 will live H2421 and have H1961 his own life H5315 as plunder H7998, and stay H2421 alive H2421.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18 - ‘But if H518 you do not surrender H3318 to the officers H8269 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, then this H2088 city H5892 will be handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to the Chaldeans H3778; and they will burn H8313 it with fire H784, and you yourself H859 will not escape H4422 from their hands H3027.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:19 - Then King H4428 Zedekiah H6667 said H559 to Jeremiah H3414, “I am H1672 in H1672 fear H1672 of H1672 the Jews H3064 who H834 have deserted H5307 to the Chaldeans H3778, for they may hand H5414 H3027 me over H5414 to them, and they will abuse H5953 me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23 -

‘They are also going to bring H3318 out H3318 all H3605 your wives H802 and your sons H1121 to the Chaldeans H3778, and you yourself H859 will not escape H4422 from their hand H3027, but will be seized H8610 by the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, and this H2088 city H5892 will be burned H8313 with fire H784.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued H7291 them and overtook H5381 Zedekiah H6667 in the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405; and they took H3947 him and brought H5927 him up H5927 to Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 at Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574, and he [fn]passed H1696 sentence H1696 on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:8 - The Chaldeans H3778 also burned H8313 the king’s H4428 palace H1004 and the houses H1004 of the people H5971 with fire H784, and they tore H5422 down H5422 the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - Then Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296, the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227, swore H7650 to them and to their men H376, saying H559, “Do not be H3372 afraid H3372 of serving H5647 the Chaldeans H3778; stay H3427 in the land H776 and serve H5647 the king H4428 of Babylon H894, so that it may go H3190 well H3190 for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - “Now as for me, behold H2009, I am going to stay H3427 in Mizpah H4709 to stand H5975 for you before H6440 the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 come H935 to us; but as for you, gather H622 wine H3196, summer H7019 fruit H7019, and oil H8081, and put H7760 them in your storage vessels H3627, and live H3427 in your cities H5892 that you have taken H8610 over H8610.”

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