Chaldean
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- noun
- /kælˈdiːən/
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caldeo
- The ancient city of Babylon was a major center for the culture of the Chaldeans in Mesopotamia.
Examples
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9 In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
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And the king, Nebuchadnezzar, answered and said to the Chaldeans, "I recall not my dream; if you will not make known to me my dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and of your tents shall be made a dunghill."
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Ussher could then calculate through the Chaldean and the subsequent Persian records, eventually reaching the period of Roman rule and the birth of Jesus.
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In that night was Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldeans, slain.
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Now up to that point where it says that the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, that's written in Hebrew.
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This story of the man who leaves Ur of the Chaldeans and sets out for the land of promise may sound far afield from the problems inherent in the modern/postmodern framework outlined above.
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The prophet asks why doesn't God do something about these wicked Chaldeans (Babylonians) because they are wreaking havoc among God's people.
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Hab. 1:6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs.
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The Assyrians (also known as Chaldeans) are indigenous to the region—descended from the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.
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By the time Abraham left Ur of the Chaldeans around 2000 BC (mentioned in Genesis 11:31 of the Old Testament), Ur was a major city-state and center of long-distance trade.
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Synonyms
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A person from the ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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A person who lived in ancient Chaldea in southern Babylonia
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chaldean comes from the people of Chaldea, so it can mean a person who lived in that region long ago. In other words, a Chaldean is an inhabitant or native of ancient Chaldea.