Strong's H3778 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: כַּשְׂדִּי (Kasdîy)

Pronunciation: kas-dee'

Morphology: n-pr-loc n-pr-m

Part of Speech: n pr loc, n pr m

Name Meaning: Chaldea or Chaldeans = "clod-breakers"

Derivation: (occasionally with enclitic) כַּשְׂדִּימָה (Kasdîymâh); towards the Kasdites into Chaldea), patronymically from כֶּשֶׂד (Kesed) H3777 (only in the plural)

Definition: a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people

KJV Renderings: Chaldeans, Chaldees, inhabitants of Chaldea

Senses

1. a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf
2. the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris
3. those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)

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