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03778 כַּשְׂדִּי‎ Kasdiy [kas-dee’(] occasionally with enclitic) כשׂדימה‎ Kasdiymah [kas-dee’-maw] from 03777 Chesed= "increase" (only in the plur.), Greek 5466 Ξαλδαιος; n pr loc/n pr gent; [BDB-505a] [{See TWOT on 949 }] AV-Chaldeans 59, Chaldees 14, Chaldea 7; 80

• Chaldea or Chaldeans= "clod-breakers"

n pr loc

1) a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf

n pr gent

2) the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris

3) those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)