Chaldea
Ancient site, identified with Tell el Muqayyar.
Placeregion85 verses
Where was it?
One proposed modern location, with the scholarly support recorded for it.
- Tell el Muqayyar1,000
Names
- Chaldea — כַּשְׂדִּים kasədiym “Kasdiym = Chaldean” (H3778) · Χαλδαῖος Xaldai͂os “Chaldean” (G5466) — Genesis 11:28
Name variants
- Chaldeans (525)
- Babylonians (128)
- Chaldea (61)
- Babylonian (37)
- Babylonia (26)
- Chaldees (14)
- Chaldean (13)
- Babylon (5)
- Chaldaeans (1)
References
Topical references
- Abraham a native of — Genesis 11:28; Genesis 11:31; Genesis 15:7
- Founded by the Assyrians — Isaiah 23:13
- Character of its people — Habakkuk 1:6
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.