Chaldaic
Chaldean.
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- Chald.
Chaldaic. Chaldean. Chaldee. Chaldean
- Chaldean
one of an ancient Semitic people that formed the dominant element in Babylonia. the indigenous Semitic language of the Chaldeans, Aramaic being used as an auxiliary language. Biblical Aramaic. an astrologer, soothsayer, or enchanter. Dan. 1:4; 2:2. of or belonging to ancient Chaldea. pertaining to astrology, occult learning, etc. noun a member of an ancient […]
- Chaldea
an ancient region in the lower Tigris and Euphrates valley, in S Babylonia. Babylonia. noun an ancient region of Babylonia; the land lying between the Euphrates delta, the Persian Gulf, and the Arabian desert another name for Babylonia The southern portion of Babylonia, Lower Mesopotamia, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but […]
- Chaldee
one of an ancient Semitic people that formed the dominant element in Babylonia. the indigenous Semitic language of the Chaldeans, Aramaic being used as an auxiliary language. Biblical Aramaic. an astrologer, soothsayer, or enchanter. Dan. 1:4; 2:2. of or belonging to ancient Chaldea. pertaining to astrology, occult learning, etc. noun a nontechnical term for Biblical […]
- Chaldee language
employed by the sacred writers in certain portions of the Old Testament, viz., Dan. 2:4-7, 28; Ezra 4:8-6:18; 7:12-26; Gen. 31:46; Jer. 10:11. It is the Aramaic dialect, as it is sometimes called, as distinguished from the Hebrew dialect. It was the language of commerce and of social intercourse in Western Asia, and after the […]