STRONGS NUMBER H3679

H3679. Kasdim

כַּשְׂדִּים‎ proper name, of a people and territory Kasdim = Chaldeans, Chaldea, ᵐ5‎ Ξαλδαῖοι and (Jeremiah 50:10) ἡ Ξαλδαία (Assyrian (mat) Kaldu, Kaldû from earlier (Babylonian) form [* Kašdu] — š before dental becoming l, Dl^{Par 128 f.}200f.; Assyrian Gr. § 51, 3; Schr^{KGF 94ff.}; COT on Genesis 11:28); —

1 Chaldeans:

a. people dwelling on lower Euphrates and Tigris; in proper name, of a location כ ׳אוּר‎ Genesis 11:28 (J), 11:31 (P), 15:7 (J), Nehemiah 9:7.

b. especially the people ruled by Nebuchadrezzar; — ׳כ‎ Jeremiah 37:10; 39:5; Ezekiel 23:23; 2 Kings 24:2; 25:4-5, 10, 13 = Jeremiah 52:7-8, 14, 17 (2 Kings 24:5; 24:10 +? Jeremiah 39:5, 8), 2 Kings 25:26; Isaiah 13:19; 43:14; 48:14, 20; Job 1:17; Kt. כַּשְׂדִּיִּים‎ Ezekiel 23:14; 2 Chronicles 36:17; ׳הַכּ‎ Jeremiah 21:4, 9; 22:25; 32:4-5, 24, 25, 28, 29, 43; 33:5; 35:11; 37:5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14; 38:2, 18, 19, 23; 39:8; 40:9-10, 41:3, 18; 43:3; 50:35; Habakkuk 1:6; 2 Kings 25:24-25, ׳בַּתכֿ‎ Isaiah 47:1; 47:5 = Babylon (in dirge); כ ׳אֶרֶץ‎ ἡ γῆ Ξαλδαίων on locality see Schr Dl^l.c.) Jeremiah 24:5; 25:12; 50:1, 8, 25, 45; 51:4, 54; Ezekiel 1:3; 12:3, also Isaiah 23:13 (inauthentic, Di Che; read כְּנַעֲנִים‎ Ew Schr, or כִּתִּים‎ Du); כ ׳וּלְשׂוֺן סֵפֶר‎ Daniel 1:4; כ ׳מַלְכוּת‎ 9:1.

c. Chaldeans, as learned class, skilled in interpretations Daniel 2:2 (+ מְכַשְּׁפִים אַשָּׁפִים חַרְטֻמִּים‎), 2:4.

2 Chaldea, לְשָׁלָל כַּשְׂדִּים וְהָֽיְתָה‎ Jeremiah 50:10 and Chaldea shall be despoiled; כ ׳יוֺשְׁבֵי‎ 51:24, 35; מוֺלַדְתָּם אֶרֶץ כַּשְׂדִּים‎ Ezekiel 23:15; with ה‎ locative: כַּשְׂדִּ֫ימָה‎ 11:24; 16:29; 23:16.