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H3778 כַּשְׂדִּי (Kasdîy) kas-dee'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

(occasionally with enclitic) Kasdiymah {kas-dee'- maw}; towards the Kasdites

KJV Usage: into Chaldea), patronymically from 3777 (only in the plural); a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people:--Chaldeans, Chaldees, inhabitants of Chaldea

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כַּשְׂדִּים (kas.di) — Chaldea.

§ Chaldea or Chaldeans = "clod-breakers" 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)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name

Professions | ≈ אַשָּׁף · חַרְטֹם · כשׁף

Chaldeans exact meaning unknown; = class of persons skilled in magic and soothsaying; ◄ found in Babylon

DAN 2:2 · DAN 2:4

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כַּשְׂדִּים n.pr.gent. et terr. Kasdim = Chaldeans, Chaldea base

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