Original Word: Χαλδαῖος
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: Chaldaios
Pronunciation: khal-DYE-os
Phonetic Spelling: (khal-dah'-yos)
KJV: Chaldaean
NASB: Chaldeans
Word Origin: [probably of Hebrew or (H3778 (כַּשׂדִּי כַּשׂדִּימָה - Chaldeans))]

1. a Chaldoean (i.e. Kasdi), or native or the region of the lower Euphrates

Chaldaean.

Probably of Hebrew or (Kasdiy); a Chaldoean (i.e. Kasdi), or native or the region of the lower Euphrates -- Chaldaean.

see HEBREW Kasdiy

Word Origin
of Semitic origin, cf. Kasdi
Definition
a Chaldean, an inhab. of Chaldea
NASB Translation
Chaldeans (1).

STRONGS NT 5466: Χαλδαῖος

Χαλδαῖος, Χαλδαίου, ὁ, a Chaldaean; γῆ Χαλδαίων the land of the Chaldaeans, Chaldaea: Acts 7:4, where a reference to Genesis 11:28, 31 and seems to show that southern Armenia is referred to. The different opinions of other interpreters are reviewed by Dillmann on Genesis (3te Aufl.), p. 223f; (cf. Schrader in Riehm under the word; Sayce in Encycl. Brit., under the word Babylonia).

Forms and Transliterations

Χαλδαιων Χαλδαίων Chaldaion Chaldaiōn Chaldaíon Chaldaíōn

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