CHALDEANS

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

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