Lexical Summary Kasdim: Chaldean Original Word: כַּסְדַּיTransliteration: Kasdim Phonetic Spelling: (kas-dah'-ee) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: Chaldean Meaning: a Kasdite Strong's Concordance Chaldean For Kasdiy -- Chaldean. see HEBREW Kasdiy Brown-Driver-Briggs H3679. Kasdim כַּשְׂדִּים proper name, of a people and territory Kasdim = Chaldeans, Chaldea, ᵐ5 Ξαλδαῖοι and (Jeremiah 50:10) ἡ Ξαλδαία (Assyrian (mat) Kaldu, Kaldû from earlier (Babylonian) form [* Kašdu] — š before dental becoming l, DlPar 128 f.200f.; Assyrian Gr. § 51, 3; SchrKGF 94ff.; COT on Genesis 11:28); — 1 Chaldeans: a. people dwelling on lower Euphrates and Tigris; in proper name, of a location כ ׳אוּר Genesis 11:28 (J), 11:31 (P), 15:7 (J), Nehemiah 9:7. b. especially the people ruled by Nebuchadrezzar; — ׳כ Jeremiah 37:10; 39:5; Ezekiel 23:23; 2 Kings 24:2; 25:4-5, 10, 13 = Jeremiah 52:7-8, 14, 17 (2 Kings 24:5; 24:10 +? Jeremiah 39:5, 8), 2 Kings 25:26; Isaiah 13:19; 43:14; 48:14, 20; Job 1:17; Kt. כַּשְׂדִּיִּים Ezekiel 23:14; 2 Chronicles 36:17; ׳הַכּ Jeremiah 21:4, 9; 22:25; 32:4-5, 24, 25, 28, 29, 43; 33:5; 35:11; 37:5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14; 38:2, 18, 19, 23; 39:8; 40:9-10, 41:3, 18; 43:3; 50:35; Habakkuk 1:6; 2 Kings 25:24-25, ׳בַּתכֿ Isaiah 47:1; 47:5 = Babylon (in dirge); כ ׳אֶרֶץ ἡ γῆ Ξαλδαίων on locality see Schr Dll.c.) Jeremiah 24:5; 25:12; 50:1, 8, 25, 45; 51:4, 54; Ezekiel 1:3; 12:3, also Isaiah 23:13 (inauthentic, Di Che; read כְּנַעֲנִים Ew Schr, or כִּתִּים Du); כ ׳וּלְשׂוֺן סֵפֶר Daniel 1:4; כ ׳מַלְכוּת 9:1. c. Chaldeans, as learned class, skilled in interpretations Daniel 2:2 (+ מְכַשְּׁפִים אַשָּׁפִים חַרְטֻמִּים), 2:4. 2 Chaldea, לְשָׁלָל כַּשְׂדִּים וְהָֽיְתָה Jeremiah 50:10 and Chaldea shall be despoiled; כ ׳יוֺשְׁבֵי 51:24, 35; מוֺלַדְתָּם אֶרֶץ כַּשְׂדִּים Ezekiel 23:15; with ה locative: כַּשְׂדִּ֫ימָה 11:24; 16:29; 23:16. |
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