CHALDEANS

Biblical gentilic

1.

Group identified by ISAIAH (1 Nephi 20:14, 20 = Isaiah 48:14, 20)

Etymology

CHALDEANS (Hebrew kašdim) is a name only attested in the ISAIAH passages of the Book of Mormon and is the plural gentilic of Chaldea (or Chaldaea). Chaldea and Chaldaea are not attested as names anywhere in the Book of Mormon.

Variants

CHALDEES

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Notes

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