Word Study · Strong's H3779 · Hebrew
כַּשְׂדַּי
Kasday
kas-dah'-ee
“a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea; by implication, a Magian or professional astrologer
Rendered in the KJV as
Chaldean.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- כַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖י2
- וְכַשְׂדָּֽי׃1
- כַשְׂדָּאָֽה׃ פ1
- כַשְׂדָּאֵ֤י1
- כַּשְׂדָּאִ֑ין1
- כַּשְׂדָּאִין֙1
- לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔י1
How it is rendered · 5
- Chaldeans the4
- and Chaldean1
- Chaldean1
- Chaldeans1
- to Chaldeans the1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- gentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)4
- gentilic noun (a people)2
- conjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
- preposition + gentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- ANgmpd/Ta · 4
- ANgmpa · 2
- AC/Ngbsa · 1
- AR/Ngmpd/Ta · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Daniel8 occurrences
- Daniel 2:5לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔יlekhasdaeipreposition + gentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.here: to Chaldeans the
- Daniel 2:10כַשְׂדָּאֵ֤יkhasdaigentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.here: Chaldeans the
- Daniel 2:10וְכַשְׂדָּֽי׃vekhasdaiconjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people)The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.here: and Chaldean
- Daniel 3:8כַּשְׂדָּאִ֑יןkasdaingentilic noun (a people)At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,here: Chaldean
- Daniel 4:7כַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖יkasdaigentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.here: Chaldeans the
- Daniel 5:7כַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖יkasdaegentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”here: Chaldeans the
- Daniel 5:11כַּשְׂדָּאִין֙kasdaingentilic noun (a people)There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,here: Chaldeans
- Daniel 5:30כַשְׂדָּאָֽה׃ פkhasdaya'gentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,here: Chaldeans the