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Χαλδαῖος
Chaldaios
G5466
N:N--LG Greek

Chaldean

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Chaldaios identifies the people whose land Abraham left before settling in Haran.

The attested use identifies a people by the land from which Abraham departed before settling in Haran.

Senses in use

  1. People identified by their land · dominant

    In Acts 7:4, the genitive plural noun occurs in the phrase describing Abraham's departure from their land; the APB renders the clause, “he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 7:4, the APB presents the term in “the land of the Chaldeans.” This rendering is confirmed by the clause rather than treated as a precise lexical equation.

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