Word: | ydsk Kasdiy (occasionally with enclitic) hmydsk Kasdiymah |
Pronunciation: | kas-dee' kas-dee'-maw |
Origin: | from 03777 (only in the plur.), Greek 5466 Xaldaiov |
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Kind: | n pr |
In AV: | Chaldeans 59, Chaldees 14, Chaldea 7 |
Count: | 80 |
Definition: | Chaldea or Chaldeans = "clod-breakers"
n pr loc
1) a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf
n pr m
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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