the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Strong's #3679 - כַּסְדָּי
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- Chaldean = see Chaldea "clod-breakers"
- a group of people usually associated with the area around Babylonia
- the learned class of priests, magicians, or astronomers
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1 Chaldeans:
a. people dwelling on lower Euphrates and Tigris; in proper name, of a location ׳אוּר כ Genesis 11:28 (J), Genesis 11:31 (P), Genesis 15:7 (J), Nehemiah 9:7.
b. especially the people ruled by Nebuchadrezzar; — ׳כ Jeremiah 37:10; Jeremiah 39:5; Ezekiel 23:23; 2 Kings 24:2; 2 Kings 25:4,5,10,13 = Jeremiah 52:7,8,14,17 ( 2 Kings 24:5; 24:10 #NAME? Jeremiah 39:5,8), 2 Kings 25:26; Isaiah 13:19; Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 48:14,20; Job 1:17; Kt. כַּשְׂדִּיִּים Ezekiel 23:14; 2 Chronicles 36:17; ׳הַכּ Jeremiah 21:4,9; Jeremiah 22:25; Jeremiah 32:4,5,24,25,28,29,43; Jeremiah 33:5; Jeremiah 35:11; Jeremiah 37:5,8,9,11,13,14; Jeremiah 38:2,18,19,23; Jeremiah 39:8; Jeremiah 40:9,10; Jeremiah 41:3,18; Jeremiah 43:3; Jeremiah 50:35; Habakkuk 1:6; 2 Kings 25:24,25; ׳בַּתכֿ Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 47:5 = Babylon (in dirge); ׳אֶרֶץ כ ἡ γῆ Ξαλδαίων on locality see Schr Dl l.c.) Jeremiah 24:5; Jeremiah 25:12; Jeremiah 50:1,8,25,45; Jeremiah 51:4,54; Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 12:3, also Isaiah 23:13 (inauthentic, Di Che; read כְּנַעֲנִים Ew Schr, or כִּתִּים Du); סֵפֶר׳וּלְשׂוֺן כ Daniel 1:4; ׳מַלְכוּת כ Daniel 9:1.
c. Chaldeans, as learned class, skilled in interpretations Daniel 2:2 (+ חַרְטֻמִּיםאַשָּׁפִים מְכַשְּׁפִים), Daniel 2:4.
2 Chaldea, וְהָֽיְתָה כַּשְׂדִּים לְשָׁלָל Jeremiah 50:10 and Chaldea shall be despoiled; ׳יוֺשְׁבֵי כ Jeremiah 51:24,35; כַּשְׂדִּים אֶרֶץ מוֺלַדְתָּם Ezekiel 23:15; with ה locative: כַּשְׂדִּ֫ימָה Ezekiel 11:24; Ezekiel 16:29; Ezekiel 23:16.