Hebrew · H3778

כַּשְׂדִּי

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

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כַּשְׂדִּיH3778

Pronunciationkašĕdiy

What does כַּשְׂדִּי (kašĕdiy) mean in the Bible?

כַּשְׂדִּי (kašĕdiy): Ethnic and professional identity merged: Chaldean denotes both ancestry and the proverbial astrologer-wise man stereotype.

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What does כַּשְׂדִּי (kašĕdiy) mean in the Bible?

כַּשְׂדִּי (kašĕdiy): Ethnic and professional identity merged: Chaldean denotes both ancestry and the proverbial astrologer-wise man stereotype.

How does the BSB render H3778?

The BSB source-word alignment has 80 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of the Chaldeans (36), the Chaldeans (20), and the Chaldeans (2), and though the Chaldeans (2), Chaldea (2).

Where does כַּשְׂדִּי (kašĕdiy) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 11:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (46), 2 Kings (8), Ezekiel (8), Isaiah (7).

Source Word Evidence

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How English Renders It

of the Chaldeans36×Genesis 11:28, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 15:7, 2 Kings 25:5

the Chaldeans20×2 Kings 25:13, 2 Kings 25:26, Job 1:17, Jeremiah 21:9

and the Chaldeans2×Jeremiah 21:4, Jeremiah 32:29

and though the Chaldeans2×2 Kings 25:4, Jeremiah 52:7

Chaldea2×Jeremiah 50:10, Ezekiel 16:29

in Chaldea2×Ezekiel 23:15, Ezekiel 23:16

of Chaldea2×Jeremiah 51:24, Jeremiah 51:35

and astrologers1×Daniel 2:2

and Chaldeans1×2 Kings 25:25

and to the Chaldeans1×Jeremiah 22:25

and when the Chaldeans1×Jeremiah 37:5

as well as the Chaldean1×Jeremiah 41:3

Chaldean1×2 Kings 24:2

Chaldeans1×Isaiah 23:13

even the Chaldeans1×Isaiah 43:14

from the Chaldeans1×Isaiah 48:20

Then the astrologers1×Daniel 2:4

Then the Chaldeans1×Jeremiah 37:8

to Chaldea1×Ezekiel 11:24

When the Chaldean1×Jeremiah 37:11

will be against the Chaldeans1×Isaiah 48:14

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First aligned rowGenesis 11:28

Aligned rows80

Books represented10

Genesis32 Kings82 Chronicles1Nehemiah1Job1Isaiah7Jeremiah46Ezekiel8Daniel4Habakkuk1

Source forms

הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים13xhak·kaś·dîm2 Kings 25:25, Jeremiah 21:4, Jeremiah 33:5, Jeremiah 35:11

כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים8xkaś·dîmNehemiah 9:7, Isaiah 13:19, Isaiah 47:1, Isaiah 47:5

כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃6xkaś·dîmGenesis 11:28, Isaiah 48:14, Jeremiah 50:25, Jeremiah 51:54

כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים5xkaś·dîmGenesis 15:7, 2 Kings 25:10, Jeremiah 52:14, Ezekiel 12:13

הַכַּשְׂדִּ֑ים4xhak·kaś·dîm2 Kings 25:24, Jeremiah 32:4, Jeremiah 37:9, Jeremiah 40:9

הַכַּשְׂדִּ֖ים4xhak·kaś·dîmJeremiah 32:5, Jeremiah 37:13, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 41:3

כַּשְׂדִּ֖ים4xkaś·dîmJeremiah 24:5, Jeremiah 50:8, Jeremiah 50:35, Ezekiel 1:3

הַכַּשְׂדִּים֙3xhak·kaś·dîmJeremiah 32:24, Jeremiah 38:2, Jeremiah 43:3

Parsing patterns

Noun - proper - masculine plural36xGenesis 11:28, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 15:7, 2 Kings 24:2

Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural32x2 Kings 25:24, 2 Kings 25:25, Jeremiah 21:4, Jeremiah 21:9

Noun - proper - masculine singular4xJeremiah 50:10, Jeremiah 51:24, Jeremiah 51:35, Ezekiel 23:15

Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine plural3x2 Kings 25:4, Isaiah 43:14, Jeremiah 52:7

Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular3xEzekiel 11:24, Ezekiel 16:29, Ezekiel 23:16

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural1xDaniel 2:2

Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine plural1xIsaiah 48:20

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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כַּשְׂדִּי

What does כַּשְׂדִּי (kašĕdiy) mean in the Bible?

What does כַּשְׂדִּי (kašĕdiy) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H3778?

Where does כַּשְׂדִּי (kašĕdiy) appear in Scripture?

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