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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תַּחַת (ta.chat) — underneath: under. : 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
תַּחַת (ta.chat) — underneath: instead. : instead/in_place/exchange 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
תַּחַת (ta.chat) — underneath: stand. : stand/position 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
תַּחַת (ta.chat) — underneath: because of. : because_of/so_that 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
תַּחַת (ta.chat) — underneath: owning. : owning/rule/under(hand) 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
תַּחַת (ta.chat) — underneath: swear. : swear/allegience/(hand)under 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · תַּחְתֹּון · תַּחְתִּי
Space
under, underneath, below, beneath = state in which objects are located below other objects
GEN 1:7 · GEN 1:9 · GEN 6:17 · GEN 7:19 · GEN 18:4 · GEN 18:8 · GEN 21:15 · GEN 24:2 · GEN 24:9 · GEN 35:4 · GEN 35:8 · GEN 35:8 · GEN 47:29 · GEN 49:25 · EXO 17:12 · EXO 17:14 · EXO 20:4 · EXO 20:4 · EXO 23:5 · EXO 24:4 · EXO 24:10 · EXO 25:35 · EXO 25:35 · EXO 25:35 · EXO 26:19 · EXO 26:19 · EXO 26:19 · EXO 26:21 · EXO 26:21 · EXO 26:25 · EXO 26:25 · EXO 26:33 · EXO 27:5 · EXO 30:4 · EXO 32:19 · EXO 36:24 · EXO 36:24 · EXO 36:24 · EXO 36:26 · EXO 36:26 · EXO 36:30 · EXO 37:21 · EXO 37:21 · EXO 37:21 · EXO 37:27 · EXO 38:4 · LEV 15:10 · LEV 22:27 · LEV 27:32 · NUM 6:18 · NUM 16:31 · NUM 22:27 · DEU 2:25 · DEU 3:17 · DEU 4:11 · DEU 4:18 · DEU 4:19 · DEU 4:39 · DEU 4:49 · DEU 5:8 · DEU 5:8 · DEU 7:24 · DEU 9:14 · DEU 12:2 · DEU 25:19 · DEU 28:23 · DEU 29:19 · DEU 33:13 · DEU 33:27 · JOS 2:11 · JOS 4:9 · JOS 6:5 · JOS 6:20 · JOS 7:21 · JOS 7:22 · JOS 11:3 · JOS 11:17 · JOS 12:3 · JOS 13:5 · JOS 24:26 · JDG 1:7 · JDG 3:16 · JDG 4:5 · JDG 6:11 · JDG 6:19 · JDG 7:8 · RUT 2:12 · 1SA 7:11 · 1SA 14:2 · 1SA 22:6 · 1SA 31:13 · 2SA 2:23 · 2SA 18:9 · 2SA 18:9 · 2SA 22:37 · 2SA 22:40 · 1KI 4:12 · 1KI 5:5 · 1KI 5:5 · 1KI 7:24 · 1KI 7:29 · 1KI 7:30 · 1KI 7:32 · 1KI 7:44 · 1KI 8:6 · 1KI 8:23 · 1KI 13:14 · 1KI 14:23 · 1KI 19:4 · 1KI 19:5 · 2KI 9:13 · 2KI 14:27 · 2KI 16:4 · 2KI 16:17 · 2KI 17:10 · 1CH 10:12 · 1CH 17:1 · 2CH 4:3 · 2CH 4:15 · 2CH 5:7 · 2CH 28:4 · NEH 2:14 · JOB 9:13 · JOB 18:16 · JOB 20:12 · JOB 26:5 · JOB 26:8 · JOB 28:5 · JOB 28:24 · JOB 37:3 · JOB 40:21 · JOB 41:3 · JOB 41:22 · PSA 10:7 · PSA 18:37 · PSA 66:17 · PSA 91:4 · PSA 140:4 · PRO 22:27 · ECC 1:3 · ECC 1:9 · ECC 1:13 · ECC 1:14 · ECC 2:3 · ECC 2:11 · ECC 2:17 · ECC 2:18 · ECC 2:19 · ECC 2:20 · ECC 2:22 · ECC 3:1 · ECC 3:16 · ECC 4:1 · ECC 4:3 · ECC 4:7 · ECC 4:15 · ECC 5:12 · ECC 5:17 · ECC 6:1 · ECC 6:12 · ECC 7:6 · ECC 8:9 · ECC 8:15 · ECC 8:15 · ECC 8:17 · ECC 9:3 · ECC 9:6 · ECC 9:9 · ECC 9:9 · ECC 9:11 · ECC 9:13 · ECC 10:5 · SNG 2:6 · SNG 4:11 · SNG 8:3 · SNG 8:5 · ISA 10:16 · ISA 14:9 · ISA 14:11 · ISA 24:5 · ISA 25:10 · ISA 51:6 · ISA 57:5 · ISA 57:5 · JER 2:20 · JER 3:6 · JER 3:13 · JER 38:11 · JER 38:12 · JER 38:12 · JER 52:20 · LAM 3:66 · EZK 1:8 · EZK 1:23 · EZK 6:13 · EZK 6:13 · EZK 10:2 · EZK 10:8 · EZK 10:20 · EZK 10:21 · EZK 17:23 · EZK 20:37 · EZK 24:5 · EZK 31:6 · EZK 32:27 · EZK 42:9 · EZK 46:23 · EZK 47:1 · EZK 47:1 · DAN 9:12 · HOS 4:13 · JOL 1:17 · AMO 2:9 · OBA 1:7 · JON 4:5 · MIC 1:4 · MIC 4:4 · MIC 4:4 · HAB 3:16 · ZEC 3:10 · ZEC 3:10
Space
place, site literally: what is under (something); hence: = the place where humans or objects are located
GEN 2:21 · EXO 10:23 · EXO 16:29 · LEV 13:23 · LEV 13:28 · JOS 5:8 · JDG 7:21 · 1SA 14:9 · 2SA 7:10 · 1CH 4:41 · 1CH 5:22 · 1CH 17:9 · JOB 36:16 · JOB 36:20 · JOB 40:12 · ISA 46:7 · JER 38:9 · EZK 17:6 · AMO 2:13 · ZEC 6:12 · ZEC 12:6 · ZEC 14:10
Associate
among literally: under (a group); hence: = state in which humans or objects are part of a group of other humans or objects
Control
under the authority (of) literally: under (someone else); hence: = state in which humans or objects are in a position of subordination to (other) humans, who are sometimes represented metonymically by body parts such as their hand and feet
GEN 16:9 · GEN 41:35 · EXO 6:6 · EXO 6:7 · EXO 18:10 · EXO 21:20 · NUM 5:19 · NUM 5:20 · NUM 5:29 · JDG 3:30 · 1SA 21:4 · 1SA 21:5 · 1SA 21:9 · 2SA 22:10 · 2SA 22:39 · 2SA 22:48 · 1KI 5:17 · 2KI 8:20 · 2KI 8:22 · 2KI 13:5 · 2KI 17:7 · 1CH 29:24 · 2CH 21:8 · 2CH 21:10 · 2CH 21:10 · PSA 8:7 · PSA 18:10 · PSA 18:39 · PSA 18:40 · PSA 18:48 · PSA 45:6 · PSA 47:4 · PSA 47:4 · PSA 106:42 · PSA 144:2 · ISA 3:6 · LAM 3:34 · EZK 23:5 · HOS 4:12 · MAL 3:21
Exchange
instead of, in exchange for literally: under (a person or object); hence: = state in which humans, objects, or events are substituted by other humans, objects, or events
GEN 4:25 · GEN 22:13 · GEN 30:2 · GEN 30:15 · GEN 36:33 · GEN 36:34 · GEN 36:35 · GEN 36:36 · GEN 36:37 · GEN 36:38 · GEN 36:39 · GEN 44:4 · GEN 44:33 · GEN 50:19 · EXO 21:23 · EXO 21:24 · EXO 21:24 · EXO 21:24 · EXO 21:24 · EXO 21:25 · EXO 21:25 · EXO 21:25 · EXO 21:26 · EXO 21:27 · EXO 21:36 · EXO 21:37 · EXO 21:37 · EXO 29:30 · LEV 6:15 · LEV 14:42 · LEV 16:32 · LEV 24:18 · LEV 24:20 · LEV 24:20 · LEV 24:20 · NUM 3:12 · NUM 3:41 · NUM 3:41 · NUM 3:45 · NUM 3:45 · NUM 8:16 · NUM 8:18 · NUM 32:14 · DEU 2:12 · DEU 2:21 · DEU 2:22 · DEU 2:23 · DEU 10:6 · JOS 2:14 · JOS 5:7 · JDG 15:2 · 1SA 2:20 · 1SA 25:21 · 2SA 3:12 · 2SA 10:1 · 2SA 16:8 · 2SA 16:12 · 2SA 17:25 · 2SA 19:1 · 2SA 19:14 · 2SA 19:22 · 1KI 1:30 · 1KI 1:35 · 1KI 2:35 · 1KI 2:35 · 1KI 3:7 · 1KI 5:15 · 1KI 5:19 · 1KI 8:20 · 1KI 11:43 · 1KI 14:20 · 1KI 14:27 · 1KI 14:31 · 1KI 15:8 · 1KI 15:24 · 1KI 15:28 · 1KI 16:6 · 1KI 16:10 · 1KI 16:28 · 1KI 19:16 · 1KI 20:24 · 1KI 20:39 · 1KI 20:42 · 1KI 20:42 · 1KI 21:2 · 1KI 21:6 · 1KI 22:40 · 1KI 22:51 · 2KI 1:17 · 2KI 3:27 · 2KI 8:15 · 2KI 8:24 · 2KI 10:24 · 2KI 10:35 · 2KI 12:22 · 2KI 13:9 · 2KI 13:24 · 2KI 14:16 · 2KI 14:21 · 2KI 14:29 · 2KI 15:7 · 2KI 15:10 · 2KI 15:14 · 2KI 15:22 · 2KI 15:25 · 2KI 15:30 · 2KI 15:38 · 2KI 16:20 · 2KI 17:24 · 2KI 19:37 · 2KI 20:21 · 2KI 21:18 · 2KI 21:24 · 2KI 21:26 · 2KI 23:30 · 2KI 23:34 · 2KI 24:6 · 2KI 24:17 · 1CH 1:44 · 1CH 1:45 · 1CH 1:46 · 1CH 1:47 · 1CH 1:48 · 1CH 1:49 · 1CH 1:50 · 1CH 19:1 · 1CH 29:23 · 1CH 29:28 · 2CH 1:8 · 2CH 6:10 · 2CH 9:31 · 2CH 12:10 · 2CH 12:16 · 2CH 13:23 · 2CH 17:1 · 2CH 21:1 · 2CH 22:1 · 2CH 24:27 · 2CH 26:1 · 2CH 26:23 · 2CH 27:9 · 2CH 28:27 · 2CH 32:33 · 2CH 33:20 · 2CH 33:25 · 2CH 36:1 · 2CH 36:8 · EST 2:4 · EST 2:17 · JOB 16:4 · JOB 28:15 · JOB 31:40 · JOB 31:40 · JOB 34:24 · PSA 35:12 · PSA 38:21 · PSA 45:17 · PSA 109:4 · PSA 109:5 · PSA 109:5 · PRO 11:8 · PRO 17:13 · PRO 21:18 · ECC 4:15 · ISA 3:24 · ISA 3:24 · ISA 3:24 · ISA 3:24 · ISA 3:24 · ISA 37:38 · ISA 43:3 · ISA 43:4 · ISA 43:4 · ISA 55:13 · ISA 55:13 · ISA 60:15 · ISA 60:17 · ISA 60:17 · ISA 60:17 · ISA 60:17 · ISA 61:3 · ISA 61:3 · ISA 61:3 · ISA 61:7 · JER 18:20 · JER 22:11 · JER 28:13 · JER 29:26 · JER 37:1 · EZK 4:15 · EZK 16:32 · EZK 36:34 · DAN 8:8 · DAN 8:22 · ZEP 2:10
Occurrence
when ... happens, under, amid literally: under (an event); hence: = state in which an event happens simultaneously with another event
JOB 30:14 · PRO 30:21 · PRO 30:21 · PRO 30:22 · PRO 30:23 · HAB 3:7
Perception
Collocation: תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר
because literally: under (an event); hence: = state in which an event is presented as the motivation, cause, or reason for another event
NUM 25:13 · DEU 21:14 · DEU 22:29 · DEU 28:47 · DEU 28:62 · 1SA 24:20 · 1SA 26:21 · 2KI 22:17 · 2CH 21:12 · 2CH 34:25 · JOB 34:26 · PSA 38:21 · PRO 1:29 · ISA 53:12 · JER 5:19 · JER 29:19 · JER 50:7
Perception
Collocation: תַּחַת כִּי
because literally: under (an event); hence: = state in which an event is presented as the motivation, cause, or reason for another event
name, noun m
Names of Locations
Tahath = location ◄ in Sinai peninsula, between Makheloth and Terah; ► Israelites encamped there on their way from Egypt to Canaan
Names of People
Tahath = man; ◄ son of Uzziah; descendant of Kohath; tribe of Levi; ► ancestor of Samuel
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תַּחַת n.[m.] the under part, hence as adv. accus. and prep. underneath, below, instead of base
