Strong's Lexicon

H3779

H3779 — כַּשׂדַּי

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

AramaicKasdaynoun mascOccurrences: 8

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3779
Word:כַּשׂדַּי
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:(Aramaic) corresponding to H3778
Language:Aramaic
Occurrences:8
Transliteration:Kasday
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kas-dah'-ee
Meaning:1. a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea 2. (by implication) a Magian or professional astrologer
KJV Renderings:Chaldean.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

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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