Chaldea – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Chaldea
n.
ancient area and kingdom in south Mesopotamia in the lower Tigris and Euphrates valley (present-day southern Iraq)
Chaldea
Chaldea , from , ; ; , ; , , also spelled
Chaldaea, was a small Semitic nation that emerged between the late 10th and early 9th century BC, surviving until the mid 6th century BC, after which it disappeared as the Chaldean tribes were absorbed into the native population of
Babylonia. It was located in the marshy land of the far southeastern corner of
Mesopotamia, and briefly came to rule
Babylon.
Chaldea
Noun
1. an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II
(synonym) Chaldaea
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(part-holonym) Mesopotamia
2. an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where the Daniel became a counselor to the king)
(synonym) Babylonia, Chaldaea
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(part-holonym) Mesopotamia
(part-meronym) Sumer
(classification) Babylon
(class) Cunaxa, battle of Cunaxa
Chaldea
as demons, or as robbers
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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Chaldea
more correctly Chaldae'a, the ancient name of a country of Asia bordering on the Persian Gulf. Chaldea proper was the southern part of Babylonia, and is used in Scripture to signify that vast alluvial plain which has been formed by the deposits of the Euphrates and the Tigris. This extraordinary flat, unbroken except by the works of man, extends a distance of 400 miles along the course of the rivers, and is on an average about 100 miles in width. In addition to natural advantages these plains were nourished by a complicated system of canals, and vegetation flourished bountifully. It is said to be the only country in the world where wheat grows wild. Herodotus declared (i. 193) that grain commonly returned two hundred fold to the sower, and occasionally three hundred fold. Cities.-Babylonia has long been celebrated for the number and antiquity of its cities. The most important of those which have been identified are Borsippa (Birs-Nimrun), Sippara or Sepharvaim (Mosaib), Cutha (Ibrahim), Calneh (Niffer), Erech (Warka), Ur (Mugheir), Chilmad (Kalwadha), Larancha (Senkereh), Is (Hit), Durabe (Akkerkuf); but besides these there were a multitude of others, the sites of which have not been determined. Present condition-This land, once so rich in corn and wine, is to-day but a mass of mounds, "an arid waste; the dense population of former times is vanished, and no man dwells there." The Hebrew prophets applied the term "land of the Chaldeans" to all Babylonia and "Chaldeans" to all the subjects of the Babylonian empire.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
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