How many times is Chaldeans mentioned in the Bible?
The word Chaldeans appears 66 times in the King James Version, in 66 verses. Counting every form (Chaldeans, Chaldees), it appears 80 times in 80 verses across 10 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Chaldeans 74 times.
Chaldeans in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Chaldeans counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Chaldeans | 66 | 74 |
| Chaldees | 14 | not counted |
| Total | 80 | 74 |
First and last mention of Chaldeans
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
Where the two translations differ
6 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 0 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Genesis 11:28: counted in the KJV only
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Genesis 11:31: counted in the KJV only
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.
Verses with Chaldeans on our topic pages
1 verse that uses Chaldeans in the World English Bible is in our topic collections.
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
Common questions
How many times is Chaldeans in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 80 of the 80 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Chaldeans appears in 10 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Jeremiah has the most (43), then Daniel (11) and 2 Kings (8).
Where is Chaldeans first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 11:28: "And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees." The last is Habakkuk 1:6.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.