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H3778

H3778 — כַּשׂדִּי כַּשׂדִּימָה

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HebrewKasdiyName/l.Occurrences: 82

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3778
Word:כַּשׂדִּי כַּשׂדִּימָה
Part of Speech:Name/l.
Etymology:towards the Kasdites
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:82
Transliteration:Kasdiy
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kas-dee' ((occasionally with enclitic) Kasdiymah {kas-dee'- maw}) n/l.
Meaning:1. into Chaldea), patronymically from H3777 (only in the plural) 2. a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed 3. (by implication) a Chaldaean (as if so descended) 4. also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
KJV Renderings:Chaldeans, Chaldees, inhabitants of Chaldea.

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BDB4222

כַּשְׂדִּים proper name [of a people and territory] Kasdim = Chaldeans, Chaldea, ᵐ5 Ξαλδαῖοι and (Jer 50:10) ἡ Ξαλδαία (Assyrian (mat) Kaldu, Kaldû from earlier (Babylonian) form [* Kašdu] — š before dental becoming l , DlPar 128 f. 200 f.; Assyrian Gr. § 51, 3; SchrKGF 94ff.; COT on Gen 11:28); —

1. Chaldeans:
a. people dwelling on lower Euphrates and Tigris; in proper name, of a location ׳ אוּר כ Gen 11:28 ( J ), Gen 11:31 ( P ), Gen 15:7 ( J ), Neh 9:7 .
b. especially the people ruled by Nebuchadrezzar; — ׳ כ Jer 37:10 ; Jer 39:5; Ezek 23:23 ; 2Kgs 24:2 ; 2Kgs 25:4 ; 2Kgs 25:5 ; 2Kgs 25:10 ; 2Kgs 25:13 = Jer 52:7; Jer 52:8; Jer 52:14; Jer 52:17 (2Kgs 24:5; 2Kgs 24:10 = also Jer 39:5; Jer 39:8), 2Kgs 25:26 ; Isa 13:19; Isa 43:14 ; Isa 48:14 ; Isa 48:20 ; Job 1:17 Kt . כַּשְׂדִּיִּים Ezek 23:14 ; 2Chr 36:17 ׳ הַכּ Jer 21:4; Jer 21:9; Jer 22:25 ; Jer 32:4; Jer 32:5; Jer 32:24 ; Jer 32:25 ; Jer 32:28 ; Jer 32:29 ; Jer 32:43 ; Jer 33:5; Jer 35:11 ; Jer 37:5; Jer 37:8; Jer 37:9; Jer 37:11 ; Jer 37:13 ; Jer 37:14 ; Jer 38:2; Jer 38:18 ; Jer 38:19 ; Jer 38:23 ; Jer 39:8; Jer 40:9; Jer 40:10 ; Jer 41:3; Jer 41:18 ; Jer 43:3; Jer 50:35 ; Hab 1:6; 2Kgs 25:24 ; 2Kgs 25:25 ׳ בַּתכֿ Isa 47:1; Isa 47:5 = Babylon (in dirge); ׳ אֶרֶץ כ ἡ γῆ Ξαλδαίων on locality see Schr Dll.c.) Jer 24:5; Jer 25:12 ; Jer 50:1; Jer 50:8; Jer 50:25 ; Jer 50:45 ; Jer 51:4; Jer 51:54 ; Ezek 1:3; Ezek 12:3 , also Isa 23:13 (inauthentic, Di Che; read כְּנַעֲנִים Ew Schr, or כִּתִּים Du); סֵפֶר ׳ וּלְשׂוֺן כ Dan 1:4 ׳ מַלְכוּת כ Dan 9:1.
c. Chaldeans, as learned class, skilled in interpretations Dan 2:2 (+ חַרְטֻמִּים אַשָּׁפִים מְכַשְּׁפִים), Dan 2:4.
2. Chaldea, וְהָֽיְתָה כַּשְׂדִּים לְשָׁלָל Jer 50:10 and Chaldea shall be despoiled; ׳ יוֺשְׁבֵי כ Jer 51:24; Jer 51:35 כַּשְׂדִּים אֶרֶץ מוֺלַדְתָּם Ezek 23:15 with ה locative: כַּשְׂדִּ֫ימָה Ezek 11:24 ; Ezek 16:29; Ezek 23:16.

BDB9627

כַּשְׂדָּ֑י proper name [of a people] Chaldean (see Biblical Hebrew כַשְׂדִּים ); — absolute ׳ כ Dan 2:10 emphatic כשדיא Dan 5:30 Kt ( Qr כַּשְׂדָּאָה), כסדיא Ezra 5:12 Kt ( Qr כַּסְדָּאָה); plural absolute כַּשְׂדָּאִין Ezra 3:8; Ezra 5:11, emphatic כשדיא Kt , כַּשְׂדָּאֵי Qr , Dan 2:5; Dan 2:10; Dan 4:4; Dan 5:7 —

1. Chaldean by race Dan 3:8; Dan 5:30; Ezra 5:12.
2. as learned, of the class of Magi (Biblical Hebrew ׳ כ 1.c.), Dan 2:5; Dan 2:10 (twice in verse); Dan 4:4; Dan 5:7; Dan 5:11.

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