Definition

a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea; by implication, a Magian or professional astrologer

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3778 (כַּשְׂדִּי);

Word family

• כַּשְׂדִּי Kasdîy

How the KJV renders it

• Chaldean

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.