כַּשְׂדַּי
Kasday · kas-dah'-ee
a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea; by implication, a Magian or professional astrologer
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3778 (כַּשְׂדִּי);
a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea; by implication, a Magian or professional astrologer
- a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea
- by implication, a Magian or professional astrologer
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Chaldean.
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 כַּשְׂדַּי 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the chaldeans3 · 38%
- chaldeans2 · 25%
- to the chaldeans1 · 13%
- or chaldean1 · 13%
- of the chaldeans1 · 13%
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.