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H8478 תַּחַת (tachath) takh'-ath
Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

underneath: under

Strong's Definition

the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.

Derivation: from the same as H8430 (תּוֹחַ);

KJV Usage: as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

TWOT Reference: 2504

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

: under/below 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m 1a) the under part adv accus 1b) beneath prep 1c) under, beneath 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj 1e) instead of, instead of that 1f) in return for that, because that in compounds 1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion) 1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תַּחַת tachath BDB Definition: 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas 1a) the under part (noun masculine) 1b) beneath (adverbial accusative) 1c) under, beneath (preposition) 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (figuratively) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands (noun masculine) 1d1) in ones place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) 1e) instead of, instead of that (conjunction) 1f) in return for that, because that (conjunction) 1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion) (in compounds) 1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath Part of Speech: see above in Definition A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H8430 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2504 Total KJV Occurrences: 431

Bible Occurrences (446)

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