King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5466
Transliteration: Chaldaios
Phonetic Spelling: (khal-dah'-yos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a Chaldean, an inhabitant of Chaldea
Meaning: Chaldeans -- a Chaldean, an inhabitant of Chaldea
Χαλδαῖος, Χαλδαίου, ὁ, a Chaldaean; γῆ Χαλδαίων the land of the Chaldaeans, Chaldaea: Acts 7:4, where a reference to Genesis 11:28, 31 and seems to show that southern Armenia is referred to. The different opinions of other interpreters are reviewed by Dillmann on Genesis (3te Aufl.), p. 223f; (cf. Schrader in Riehm under the word; Sayce in Encycl. Brit., under the word Babylonia).
Word Summary
Chaldaios: a Chaldean, an inhabitant of Chaldea
Original Word: ΧαλδαῖοςTransliteration: Chaldaios
Phonetic Spelling: (khal-dah'-yos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a Chaldean, an inhabitant of Chaldea
Meaning: Chaldeans -- a Chaldean, an inhabitant of Chaldea
Strong's Concordance
Chaldaean. Probably of Hebrew or (Kasdiy); a Chaldoean (i.e. Kasdi), or native or the region of the lower Euphrates -- Chaldaean.
see HEBREW Kasdiy
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5466: ΧαλδαῖοςΧαλδαῖος, Χαλδαίου, ὁ, a Chaldaean; γῆ Χαλδαίων the land of the Chaldaeans, Chaldaea: Acts 7:4, where a reference to Genesis 11:28, 31 and