Strong H3779כַּשְׂדַּי
Chaldean
- Transliteration
- kaώday
- Pronunciation
- kas-dah'ee
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
(Chaldee); corresponding to H3778; a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea; by implication a Magian or professional astrologer: - Chaldean.
Meaning of the name
Chaldean = "clod breakers"
Detailed definition
Group of kas.di (כַּשְׂדִּים "Chaldea" H3778)
In the biblical story
Chaldea
Ancient Mesopotamian empire; known for astrology and wisdom
Chaldea was an ancient Mesopotamian empire, known for its astrologers and wise men, that played a significant role in the history of Israel, particularly during the Babylonian exile.
In the Bible
Strong H3779 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- chaldeans7
- chaldean1
First verses
- Daniel 2:5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
- Daniel 2:10The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
- Daniel 3:8Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
- Daniel 4:7Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 5:7The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
- Daniel 5:11There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
- Daniel 5:30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.