Hebrew n--lg · H3779
כַּשְׂדַּי
Kasdaykas-dah'-ee
Chaldean
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3779is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3779
a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea; by implication, a Magian or professional astrologer
The King James renders it: Chaldean.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Kasday is rendered "Chaldean". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Eight of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Daniel 2:5The 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.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
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.
Daniel 2:5לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's eight uses are in Daniel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Chaldeans the4
- and Chaldean1
- Chaldean1
- Chaldeans1
- to Chaldeans the1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| כַּשְׂדִּי | Kasdi | Chaldea | Uses80 |
| כַּשָּׁף | kashshaph | sorcerer | Uses1 |
| כַּשִּׁיל | kashshil | axe | Uses1 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- כַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖י2
- וְכַשְׂדָּֽי׃1
- כַשְׂדָּאָֽה׃ פ1
- כַשְׂדָּאֵ֤י1
- כַּשְׂדָּאִ֑ין1
- כַּשְׂדָּאִין֙1
- לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔י1
The grammar of each form
- gentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)4ANgmpd/Ta
- gentilic noun (a people)2ANgmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people)1AC/Ngbsa
- preposition + gentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1AR/Ngmpd/Ta
Daniel
eight uses
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.
- לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔יlekhasdaeipreposition + gentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: to Chaldeans the
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.
- כַשְׂדָּאֵ֤יkhasdaigentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: Chaldeans the
- וְכַשְׂדָּֽי׃vekhasdaiconjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people)tagged: and Chaldean
At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,
- כַּשְׂדָּאִ֑יןkasdaingentilic noun (a people)tagged: Chaldean
When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.
- כַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖יkasdaigentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: Chaldeans the
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.”
- כַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖יkasdaegentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: Chaldeans the
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,
- כַּשְׂדָּאִין֙kasdaingentilic noun (a people)tagged: Chaldeans
That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
- כַשְׂדָּאָֽה׃ פkhasdaya'gentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: Chaldeans the
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.