ΧΑΛΔΑΙΟΙ, χαλδαιοι
CHALDAIOI, chaldaioi
Sounds Like: khal-DAI-oy
Translations: Chaldeans
From the root: ΧΑΛΔΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the Chaldeans, an ancient people who inhabited Chaldea, a region in southern Mesopotamia. They were known for their wisdom, astrology, and as a powerful nation, particularly in the Neo-Babylonian Empire. In biblical contexts, they are often depicted as conquerors and wise men.
Inflection: Plural, Masculine, Nominative
Strong’s number: G5466 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 6:28
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Kings — 25:4, 25:13
- Ezra (Alpha) — 4:50
- Isaiah — 43:14
- Jeremiah — 39:29, 44:5, 44:8, 44:9, 52:7, 52:17
- Baruch — 1:2
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:4, 2:10, 3:8, 4:4
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 2:4, 2:10, 3:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΑΛΔΑΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΧΑΔΛΕΩΝ — Chaldean, of the Chaldeans, a Chaldean, the Chaldeans
- ΧΑΛʼΔΑΙΟΥΣ — Chaldeans, the Chaldeans
- ΧΑΛʼΔΕΩΝ — of the Chaldeans, Chaldean, a Chaldean
- ΧΑΛΔΑΙΚΩΝ — (of) the Chaldaeans, Chaldaean
- ΧΑΛΔΑΙΟΙΣ — (to) Chaldeans, (to) a Chaldean
- ΧΑΛΔΑΙΟΝ — Chaldean, a Chaldean
- ΧΑΛΔΑΙΟΣ — Chaldean, a Chaldean
- ΧΑΛΔΑΙΟΥ — of Chaldea, of the Chaldeans, a Chaldean, of a Chaldean
- ΧΑΛΔΑΙΟΥΣ — Chaldeans, the Chaldeans
- ΧΑΛΔΑΙΣΤΙ — in Chaldean, Chaldean-wise, in the Chaldean language
- ΧΑΛΔΑΙΩΝ — of the Chaldeans
- ΧΑΛΔΕΟΙ — Chaldeans, the Chaldeans
- ΧΑΛΔΕΟΥΣ — Chaldeans, the Chaldeans
- ΧΑΛΔΕΩΝ — of Chaldeans, of the Chaldeans
- ΧΑΛΘΕΩΝ — of the Chaldeans, Chaldeans
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