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)

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.