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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; 24:10 — 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 82 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 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 the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, H3778 through 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

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:10 - “[fn]Chaldea H3778 will become plunder;
All who plunder her will have enough,” declares 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 forth the weapons of His indignation,
For it is a work of the Lord [fn]GOD 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 the LORD,
“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 plan of the LORD which He has planned 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 - “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 the LORD.

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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 - 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 broken into, 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 army of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the [fn]plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14 - So all the army of the Chaldeans H3778 who were with the captain of the guard broke 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 the LORD and the stands and the bronze sea, which were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans H3778 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, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans H3778 by the river Chebar; and there the hand of the LORD came upon him.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:24 - And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles [fn]in Chaldea. H3778 So the vision that I had seen [fn]left 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 will be caught in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Chaldeans; H3778 yet he will not see it, though he will die there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:29 - “You also multiplied your harlotry with the land of merchants, Chaldea, H3778 yet even with this you were not satisfied.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - “So she increased her harlotries. And she saw men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans H3778 portrayed with vermilion,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15 - girded with belts on their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, [fn]like the [fn]Babylonians in Chaldea, H3778 the land of their birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:16 - “[fn]When she saw them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. H3778

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - the [fn]Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, H3778 Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the [fn]Assyrians with them; desirable young men, governors and officials all of them, officers and [fn]men of renown, all of them riding on horses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for [fn]serving in the king’s [fn]court; and he ordered him to teach them the [fn]literature and language of the Chaldeans. H3778

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:2 - Then the king [fn]gave orders to call in the [fn]magicians, the conjurers, the sorcerers and the [fn]Chaldeans H3778 to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:4 - Then the Chaldeans H3778 spoke to the king in [fn]Aramaic: “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare 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 Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans H3778—

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 - “For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, H3778
That [fn]fierce and impetuous people
Who march [fn]throughout the earth
To [fn]seize dwelling places which are not theirs.

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