Chaldea in the Bible

Meaning: as demons, or as robbers

Exact Match

And Haran died before Terah his father, in the land where he was born, at Ur in Chaldea.

Verse Conceptsnatural DeathDeath Of A Father

Then took Terah: Abram his son, and Lot his son Haran's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law his son Abram's wife. And they went with him from Ur in Chaldea, to go into the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran and dwelled there.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamGrandchildrenAbraham, Calling And LifeLiving In The LandLand Promised To Israel

And he said unto him, "I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur in Chaldea to give thee this land to possess it."

Verse ConceptsAbrahamProperty, LandWorldlinessThe Promised LandI Am The LordBringing People Out Of Other Places

And the LORD sent upon him men of war out of Chaldea, out of Syria, out of the Moabites, and from the children of Ammon: and sent them into Judah to destroy it, according to the saying of the LORD which he spake by his servants the Prophets.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtWord Of GodGod Spoke By The Prophets

Thou art the LORD, the God that hast chosen Abram, and broughtest him out of Ur in Chaldea, and called him Abraham:

Verse ConceptsPast, TheGod Renaming PeopleBringing People Out Of Other Places

Come down and sit on [the] dust, virgin daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of Chaldea! For {they shall no longer call} you tender and delicate.

Verse ConceptsBabylonTendernessVirginBabylon DestroyedSitting In DejectionSoftnessLosing Honour

Sit silently and go into the darkness, daughter of Chaldea, for {they shall no longer call} you mistress of kingdoms.

Verse ConceptsBabylonOblivionQueensSilenceCurbing Speechmistress

Go out from Babylon! Flee from Chaldea! Proclaim [it] with a shout of rejoicing; proclaim this! {Send it forth} to the end of the earth; say, "Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!"

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonHeraldRedemption, In OtComing Out From Evil

And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.

So shall they fall wounded in the land of Chaldea, - Yea thrust through, in her streets,

And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsGod Will Requite

The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.

Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Means OfProphetic VisionsThe Spirit Of GodGod Lifting PeopleVisions From God

Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

Verse ConceptsTradeInsatiable

Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:

Verse ConceptsBeltsHead coveringWaistsOfficersDyeingHeadgear

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

Sons of Babylon, and of all Chaldea, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, All the sons of Asshur with them, Desirable young men, governors and prefects, All of them -- rulers and proclaimed ones, Riding on horses, all of them.

"So, he left Chaldea [Note: This was another name for Mesopotamia], and lived in Haran, and after his father died he was sent [by God] to this country where you people now live.

Thematic Bible



Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out together to go from Ur of the Chaldeans into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran [about five hundred and fifty miles northwest of Ur], they settled there.

Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

And He said to him, “I am the [same] Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land as an inheritance.”


Now look at the land of the Chaldeans (Babylonia)—this is the people which was not; the Assyrians allocated Tyre for desert creatures—they set up their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, they made it a ruin.



“For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans [who rule in Babylon],
That fierce and impetuous nation
Who march throughout the earth
To take possession of dwelling places that do not belong to them.