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kaśdīm כַּשְׂדִּים ‘Chaldea’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from keśed כֶּ֫שֶׂד ‘Chesed’

kaśdīm pr n loc gen
Chaldea or Chaldeans = "clod-breakers"
n pr loc
1) a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf
n pr m
2) the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris
3) those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)

Mentioned in Genesis 11:28, 11:31, 15:7 2 Kings 24:2, 25:5, 25:4, 25:24, 25:25, 25:10, 25:13, 25:26 Isaiah 48:14, 47:1, 13:19, 43:14, 48:20, 23:13, 47:5 Jeremiah 32:43, 33:5, 32:25, 50:25, 37:10, 40:9, 41:18, 39:5, 52:8, 32:29, 37:14, 52:7, 37:9, 21:4, 35:11, 37:13, 38:2, 38:18, 38:19, 38:23, 40:10, 50:1, 50:35, 50:45, 51:35, 24:5, 32:28, 41:3, 25:12, 50:8, 51:4, 51:54, 37:8, 39:8, 22:25, 32:24, 51:24, 52:14, 52:17, 32:4, 32:5, 37:5, 43:3, 21:9, 37:11, 50:10 Ezekiel 23:15, 23:14, 1:3, 11:24, 16:29, 23:16, 12:13, 23:23 Habakkuk 1:6 Job 1:17 Daniel 9:1, 1:4, 2:2, 2:4 Nehemiah 9:7 2 Chronicles 36:17

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