Chaldeans — the meaning of the Hebrew name כַּשְׂדִּי

כַּשְׂדִּי

Kasdîy · pronounced kas-dee' · Strong's H3778 · a man and a place · also spelled Chaldees

Chaldeans means a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed.

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Strong's definition

(occasionally with enclitic) כַּשְׂדִּימָה; 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.

First appearance

Gen 11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. (KJV)

Every verse that names Chaldeans

80 occurrences in 80 verses — Genesis, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Nehemiah, Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Habakkuk

Gen 11:28Gen 11:31Gen 15:72Kgs 24:22Kgs 25:42Kgs 25:52Kgs 25:102Kgs 25:132Kgs 25:242Kgs 25:252Kgs 25:262Chr 36:17Neh 9:7Job 1:17Isa 13:19Isa 23:13Isa 43:14Isa 47:1Isa 47:5Isa 48:14Isa 48:20Jer 21:4Jer 21:9Jer 22:25Jer 24:5Jer 25:12Jer 32:4Jer 32:5Jer 32:24Jer 32:25Jer 32:28Jer 32:29Jer 32:43Jer 33:5Jer 35:11Jer 37:5Jer 37:8Jer 37:9Jer 37:10Jer 37:11Jer 37:13Jer 37:14Jer 38:2Jer 38:18Jer 38:19Jer 38:23Jer 39:5Jer 39:8Jer 40:9Jer 40:10Jer 41:3Jer 41:18Jer 43:3Jer 50:1Jer 50:8Jer 50:10Jer 50:25Jer 50:35Jer 50:45Jer 51:4Jer 51:24Jer 51:35Jer 51:54Jer 52:7Jer 52:8Jer 52:14Jer 52:17Ezek 1:3Ezek 11:24Ezek 12:13Ezek 16:29Ezek 23:14Ezek 23:15Ezek 23:16Ezek 23:23Dan 1:4Dan 2:2Dan 2:4Dan 9:1Hab 1:6

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