Strongs Number: H3778
- Hebrew Word
- כַּשְׂדִּי
- Transliteration
- Kasdîy
- Phonetic
- kas-dee'
- Part of Speech
- Strongs Definition
-
a {Kasdite} or descendant of Kesed; by implication a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people): into {Chaldea}) patronymicallyn.
- BDB Definition
-
Chaldea or Chaldeans = "clod-breakers" n pr loc
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)
- Origin
- (Occasionally shown as the second form with enclitic, meaning towards the Kasdites), patronymic from H3777 (only in the plural)
- Bible Usage
- {Chaldeans} {Chaldees} inhabitants of Chaldea.