H8482 תַּחְתִּי (tachtîy) takh-tee'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

lower

Strong's Definition

lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)

Derivation: from H8478 (תַּחַת);

KJV Usage: low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est), nether (part).

TWOT Reference: 2504b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) low, lower, lowest

1a) lowest (as adj)

1b) the lower parts (subst)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G899 G2310 G2737 G5011

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תַּחְתִּי (tach.ti) — lower. 1) low, lower, lowest 1a) lowest (as adj) 1b) the lower parts (subst)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תַּחְתִּי (H8482)

adj · תַּחַת · תַּחְתֹּון

Space

lower = state in which an object is situated at a lower elevation than another place

GEN 6:16 · EXO 19:17 · DEU 32:22 · JOS 15:19 · JDG 1:15 · NEH 4:7 · JOB 41:16 · PSA 63:10 · PSA 86:13 · PSA 88:7 · PSA 139:15 · ISA 44:23 · LAM 3:55 · EZK 26:20 · EZK 31:14 · EZK 31:16 · EZK 31:18 · EZK 32:18 · EZK 32:24

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תַּחְתִּי adj. and subst. lower, lowest (places) base

Bible Occurrences (19)

6:16

19:17

32:22

15:19

1:15

4:13

41:24

63:9 86:13 88:6 139:15

44:23

3:55

26:20 31:14 31:16 31:18 32:18 32:24

Genesis 6:16

You are to make a roof for the ark, finish [its walls] a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper {decks}.

Exodus 19:17

Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

Joshua 15:19

Give me a blessing, she answered. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well. So [Caleb] gave her [both] the upper and lower springs.

Judges 1:15

Give me a blessing, she answered. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water [as well]. So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

Nehemiah 4:13

So I stationed [men] behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

Job 41:24

His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!

Isaiah 44:23

Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.