כַּשְׂדִּי
Kasdîy · kas-dee'
a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
Lexicon
Derivation: (occasionally with enclitic) כַּשְׂדִּימָה; towards the Kasdites into Chaldea), patronymically from H3777 (כֶּשֶׂד) (only in the plural);
a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
- a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed
- by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended)
- also, an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Chaldeans, Chaldees, inhabitants of Chaldea.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to consume, to destroy › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works
The open hand that covers that works to consume, to destroy of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כַּשְׂדִּי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
80 occurrences · 80 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the chaldeans30 · 38%
- of the chaldees10 · 13%
- the chaldeans7 · 9%
- and the chaldeans6 · 8%
- to the chaldeans6 · 8%
- of chaldea3 · 4%
- with the chaldeans2 · 3%
- now the chaldees1 · 1%
- did the chaldees1 · 1%
- and the chaldees1 · 1%
- the chaldees1 · 1%
- shall be on the chaldeans1 · 1%
- ye from the chaldeans1 · 1%
- and against the chaldeans1 · 1%
- and when the chaldeans1 · 1%
- but the chaldeans1 · 1%
- and chaldea1 · 1%
- is upon the chaldeans1 · 1%
- now the chaldeans1 · 1%
- into chaldea1 · 1%
- unto chaldea1 · 1%
- unto them into chaldea1 · 1%
- and all the chaldeans1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.