Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3679

כַּשְׂדָּ֑י

kas.day · “Chaldean”

Used 2 times across 1 book

Definition

Aramaic of kas.di (כַּשְׂדִּים "Chaldea" H3778)
§ Chaldean, of Chaldea "clod-breakers"
1) a group of people usually associated with the area around Babylonia
2) the learned class of priests, magicians, or astronomers

Where it appears

Ezra

In the text

Ezra 5:12But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

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