כַּשְׂדַּי (kas.day) means “Chaldean” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: kas-dah'-ee Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
כַּשְׂדַּי · kas.day · Chaldean
Group of kas.di (כַּשְׂדִּים "Chaldea" H3778) § Chaldean = "clod breakers" 1) a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf 2) the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris 3) those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)
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(Aramaic) corresponding to H3778 (כַּשְׂדִּי); a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea; by implication, a Magian or professional astrologer
KJV glosses: Chaldean.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| astrologers | 3 |
| of the chaldeans | 1 |
| or astrologer | 1 |
| some astrologers | 1 |
| the astrologers | 1 |
| to the astrologers | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the chaldeans | 3 |
| chaldeans | 2 |
| of the chaldeans | 1 |
| or chaldean | 1 |
| to the chaldeans | 1 |
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The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.
Read word by wordThe astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.
Read word by wordAt this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,
Read word by wordWhen the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.4
The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
Read word by wordThere is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,
Read word by wordThat very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
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