תַּחַת
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Preposition
- A relational word (e.g. “in,” “to,” “from”) governing a noun.
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Preposition 508 times (99%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 2 times (0%)
- Adverb 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 511 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 1 of 3 — showing verses 1–200 of 450 distinct verses where H8478 appears, across 36 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 30 verses
- Genesis 1:7 מִ/תַּ֣חַת prep + prep God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse, and it was so.
- Genesis 1:9 מִ/תַּ֤חַת prep + prep God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.
- Genesis 2:21 תַּחְתֶּֽ/נָּה prep + sfx pers 3fs Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
- Genesis 4:25 תַּ֣חַת prep Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth. For, she said, "God has appointed me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."
- Genesis 6:17 מִ/תַּ֖חַת prep + prep I, even, I do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
- Genesis 7:19 תַּ֖חַת prep The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
- Genesis 16:9 תַּ֥חַת prep The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands."
- Genesis 18:4 תַּ֥חַת prep Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
- Genesis 18:8 תַּ֥חַת prep He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
- Genesis 21:15 תַּ֖חַת prep The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
- Genesis 22:13 תַּ֥חַת prep Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
- Genesis 24:2 תַּ֥חַת prep Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.
- Genesis 24:9 תַּ֛חַת prep The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
- Genesis 30:2 הֲ/תַ֤חַת ptcl inter + prep Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
- Genesis 30:15 תַּ֖חַת prep She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes, also?" Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."
- Genesis 35:4 תַּ֥חַת prep They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
- Genesis 35:8 מִ/תַּ֥חַת תַּ֣חַת prep + prep prep Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon Bacuth.
- Genesis 36:33 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:34 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:35 תַּחְתָּ֜י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Husham died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith.
- Genesis 36:36 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:37 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river, reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:38 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Shaul died, and Baal Hanan, the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
- Genesis 36:39 תַּחְתָּי/ו֙ prep + sfx pers 3ms Baal Hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
- Genesis 41:35 תַּ֧חַת prep Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
- Genesis 44:4 תַּ֥חַת prep When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, 'Why have you rewarded evil for good?
- Genesis 44:33 תַּ֣חַת prep Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, a bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.
- Genesis 47:29 תַּ֣חַת prep The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,
- Genesis 49:25 תָּ֑חַת n c ms Even by the God of your father, who will help you, By the Almighty, who will bless you, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies below, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
- Genesis 50:19 הֲ/תַ֥חַת ptcl inter + prep Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
Exodus 34 verses
- Exodus 6:6 מִ/תַּ֨חַת֙ prep + prep Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:
- Exodus 6:7 מִ/תַּ֖חַת prep + prep and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
- Exodus 10:23 מִ/תַּחְתָּ֖י/ו prep + prep + sfx pers 3ms They didn't see one another, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
- Exodus 16:29 תַּחְתָּ֗י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day."
- Exodus 17:12 תַחְתָּ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.
- Exodus 17:14 מִ/תַּ֖חַת prep + prep Yahweh said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky."
- Exodus 18:10 מִ/תַּ֖חַת prep + prep Jethro said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
- Exodus 20:4 מִ/תָּ֑חַת מִ/תַּ֥חַת prep + adv prep + prep "You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
- Exodus 21:20 תַּ֣חַת prep "If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.
- Exodus 21:23 תַּ֥חַת prep But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
- Exodus 21:24 תַּ֣חַת תַּ֣חַת תַּ֣חַת תַּ֥חַת prep prep prep prep eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
- Exodus 21:25 תַּ֣חַת תַּ֣חַת תַּ֖חַת prep prep prep burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
- Exodus 21:26 תַּ֥חַת prep "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
- Exodus 21:27 תַּ֥חַת prep If he strikes out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
- Exodus 21:36 תַּ֣חַת prep Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.
- Exodus 22:1 תַּ֣חַת תַּ֥חַת prep prep "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- Exodus 23:5 תַּ֣חַת prep If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don't leave him, you shall surely help him with it.
- Exodus 24:4 תַּ֣חַת prep Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Exodus 24:10 וְ/תַ֣חַת conj + prep They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.
- Exodus 25:35 תַּחַת֩ תַּ֣חַת תַּחַת prep prep prep and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
- Exodus 26:19 תַּ֖חַת תַּֽחַת תַּֽחַת prep prep prep You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
- Exodus 26:21 תַּ֚חַת תַּ֖חַת prep prep and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
- Exodus 26:25 תַּ֚חַת תַּ֖חַת prep prep There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
- Exodus 26:33 תַּ֣חַת prep You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil: and the veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.
- Exodus 27:5 תַּ֛חַת prep You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
- Exodus 29:30 תַּחְתָּ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Seven days shall the son who is priest in his place put them on, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
- Exodus 30:4 מִ/תַּ֣חַת prep + prep You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it.
- Exodus 32:19 תַּ֥חַת prep It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.
- Exodus 36:24 תַּ֖חַת תַּֽחַת תַּֽחַת prep prep prep He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
- Exodus 36:26 תַּ֚חַת תַּ֖חַת prep prep and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
- Exodus 36:30 תַּ֖חַת prep There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.
- Exodus 37:21 תַּחַת֩ תַּ֣חַת תַּֽחַת prep prep prep and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.
- Exodus 37:27 מִ/תַּ֣חַת prep + prep He made two golden rings for it under its molding crown, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles with which to carry it.
- Exodus 38:4 תַּ֧חַת prep He made for the altar a grating of a network of brass, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up.
Leviticus 10 verses
- Leviticus 6:22 תַּחְתָּ֛י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms The anointed priest that will be in his place from among his sons shall offer it. By a statute forever, it shall be wholly burnt to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 13:23 תַּחְתֶּ֜י/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs But if the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread, it is the scar from the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
- Leviticus 13:28 תַּחְתֶּי/הָ֩ prep + sfx pers 3fs If the bright spot stays in its place, and hasn't spread in the skin, but is faded, it is the swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar from the burn.
- Leviticus 14:42 תַּ֣חַת prep They shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.
- Leviticus 15:10 תַחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. He who carries those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 16:32 תַּ֣חַת prep The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.
- Leviticus 22:27 תַּ֣חַת prep "When a bull, or a sheep, or a goat, is born, then it shall remain seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 24:18 תַּ֥חַת prep He who strikes a animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.
- Leviticus 24:20 תַּ֣חַת תַּ֣חַת תַּ֣חַת prep prep prep fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.
- Leviticus 27:32 תַּ֣חַת prep All the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Yahweh.
Numbers 13 verses
- Numbers 3:12 תַּ֧חַת prep "Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:
- Numbers 3:41 תַּ֥חַת תַּ֣חַת prep prep You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the children of Israel."
- Numbers 3:45 תַּ֤חַת תַּ֣חַת prep prep "Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine. I am Yahweh.
- Numbers 5:19 תַּ֣חַת prep The priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman, 'If no man has lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.
- Numbers 5:20 תַּ֥חַת prep But if you have gone astray, being under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:'
- Numbers 5:29 תַּ֥חַת prep "This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goes astray, and is defiled;
- Numbers 6:18 תַּ֖חַת prep The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.
- Numbers 8:16 תַּחַת֩ prep For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.
- Numbers 8:18 תַּ֥חַת prep I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
- Numbers 16:31 תַּחְתֵּי/הֶֽם prep + sfx pers 3mp It happened, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split apart that was under them;
- Numbers 22:27 תַּ֣חַת prep The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
- Numbers 25:13 תַּ֗חַת prep and it shall be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.
- Numbers 32:14 תַּ֚חַת prep Behold, you are risen up in your fathers' place, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Yahweh toward Israel.
Deuteronomy 26 verses
- Deuteronomy 2:12 תַּחְתָּ֑/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp The Horites also lived in Seir before, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and lived in their place; as Israel did to the land of his possession, which Yahweh gave to them.)
- Deuteronomy 2:21 תַחְתָּֽ/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place;
- Deuteronomy 2:22 תַחְתָּ֔/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp as he did for the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place even to this day:
- Deuteronomy 2:23 תַחְתָּֽ/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp and the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and lived in their place.)
- Deuteronomy 2:25 תַּ֖חַת prep This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you.
- Deuteronomy 3:17 תַּ֛חַת prep the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [of it], from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
- Deuteronomy 4:11 תַּ֣חַת prep You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
- Deuteronomy 4:18 מִ/תַּ֥חַת prep + prep the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;
- Deuteronomy 4:19 תַּ֖חַת prep and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
- Deuteronomy 4:37 וְ/תַ֗חַת conj + prep Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
- Deuteronomy 4:39 מִ/תָּ֑חַת prep + prep Know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that Yahweh he is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is none else.
- Deuteronomy 4:49 תַּ֖חַת prep and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
- Deuteronomy 5:8 מִ/תָּ֑חַת מִ/תַּ֥חַת prep + prep prep + prep "You shall not make an engraved image for yourself, [nor] any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
- Deuteronomy 7:24 מִ/תַּ֖חַת prep + prep He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name to perish from under the sky: there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them.
- Deuteronomy 9:14 מִ/תַּ֖חַת prep + prep let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.
- Deuteronomy 10:6 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms (The children of Israel traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his place.
- Deuteronomy 12:2 וְ/תַ֖חַת conj + prep You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree:
- Deuteronomy 21:14 תַּ֖חַת prep It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.
- Deuteronomy 22:29 תַּ֚חַת prep then the man who lay with her shall give to the lady's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.
- Deuteronomy 25:19 מִ/תַּ֖חַת prep + prep Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky; you shall not forget.
- Deuteronomy 28:23 תַּחְתֶּ֖י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
- Deuteronomy 28:47 תַּ֗חַת prep Because you didn't serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
- Deuteronomy 28:62 תַּ֚חַת prep You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 29:20 מִ/תַּ֖חַת prep + prep Yahweh will not pardon him, but then the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky.
- Deuteronomy 33:13 תָּֽחַת n c ms Of Joseph he said, Blessed of Yahweh be his land, For the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, For the deep that couches beneath,
- Deuteronomy 33:27 וּ/מִ/תַּ֖חַת conj + prep + Preposition The eternal God is [your] dwelling-place, Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, Said, Destroy.
Joshua 14 verses
- Joshua 2:11 מִ/תָּֽחַת prep + prep As soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
- Joshua 2:14 תַחְתֵּי/כֶם֙ prep + sfx pers 2mp The men said to her, Our life for yours, if you don't utter this our business; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.
- Joshua 4:9 תַּ֗חַת prep Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.
- Joshua 5:7 תַּחְתָּ֔/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp Their children, whom he raised up in their place, them did Joshua circumcise: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
- Joshua 5:8 תַחְתָּ֛/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp It happened, when they had done circumcising all the nation, that they abode in their places in the camp, until they were whole.
- Joshua 6:5 תַּחְתֶּ֔י/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.
- Joshua 6:20 תַּחְתֶּ֗י/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew the trumpets; and it happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
- Joshua 7:21 תַּחְתֶּֽי/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
- Joshua 7:22 תַּחְתֶּֽי/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
- Joshua 11:3 תַּ֣חַת prep to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
- Joshua 11:17 תַּ֖חַת prep from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and struck them, and put them to death.
- Joshua 12:3 תַּ֖חַת prep and the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
- Joshua 13:5 תַּ֖חַת prep and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;
- Joshua 24:26 תַּ֚חַת prep Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.
Judges 9 verses
- Judges 1:7 תַּ֣חַת prep Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me." They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
- Judges 3:16 מִ/תַּ֣חַת prep + prep Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his clothing on his right thigh.
- Judges 3:30 תַּ֖חַת prep So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. The land had rest eighty years.
- Judges 4:5 תַּֽחַת prep She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
- Judges 6:11 תַּ֤חַת prep The angel of Yahweh came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
- Judges 6:19 תַּ֥חַת prep Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
- Judges 7:8 מִ/תַּ֥חַת prep + prep So the people took food in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the men of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
- Judges 7:21 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms They stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.
- Judges 15:2 תַּחְתֶּֽי/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs Her father said, I most assuredly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion: isn't her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her, instead.
Ruth 1 verse
1 Samuel 12 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:20 תַּ֚חַת prep Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yahweh give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh. They went to their own home.
- 1 Samuel 7:11 מִ/תַּ֖חַת prep + prep The men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth Kar.
- 1 Samuel 14:2 תַּ֥חַת prep Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people who were with him were about six hundred men;
- 1 Samuel 14:9 תַחְתֵּ֔י/נוּ prep + sfx pers 1cp If they say thus to us, Wait until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them.
- 1 Samuel 21:3 תַּֽחַת prep Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
- 1 Samuel 21:4 תַּ֣חַת prep The priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
- 1 Samuel 21:8 תַֽחַת prep David said to Ahimelech, Isn't there here under your hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
- 1 Samuel 22:6 תַּֽחַת prep Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men who were with him: now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.
- 1 Samuel 24:19 תַּ֚חַת prep For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me this day.
- 1 Samuel 25:21 תַּ֥חַת prep Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him: and he has returned me evil for good.
- 1 Samuel 26:21 תַּ֠חַת prep Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
- 1 Samuel 31:13 תַֽחַת prep They took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
2 Samuel 16 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:23 תחת/ו תַּחְתָּ֑י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms prep + sfx pers 3ms However he refused to turn aside: therefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
- 2 Samuel 3:12 תחת/ו תַּחְתָּ֥י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms prep + sfx pers 3ms Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying [also], Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
- 2 Samuel 7:10 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,
- 2 Samuel 10:1 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms It happened after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Samuel 16:8 תחת/ו תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms prep + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and Yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son; and, behold, you are [taken] in your own mischief, because you are a man of blood.
- 2 Samuel 16:12 תַּ֥חַת prep It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day.
- 2 Samuel 17:25 תַּ֥חַת prep Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
- 2 Samuel 18:9 תַּ֣חַת תַּחְתָּ֖י/ו prep prep + sfx pers 3ms Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
- 2 Samuel 18:33 תַחְתֶּ֔י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms The king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!
- 2 Samuel 19:13 תַּ֥חַת prep Say you to Amasa, Aren't you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren't captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
- 2 Samuel 19:21 הֲ/תַ֣חַת ptcl inter + prep But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, Shall Shimei not be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh's anointed?
- 2 Samuel 22:10 תַּ֥חַת prep He bowed the heavens also, and came down; Thick darkness was under his feet.
- 2 Samuel 22:37 תַּחְתֵּ֑/נִי prep + sfx pers 1cs You have enlarged my steps under me; My feet have not slipped.
- 2 Samuel 22:39 תַּ֥חַת prep I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they can't arise: Yes, they are fallen under my feet.
- 2 Samuel 22:40 תַּחְתֵּֽ/נִי prep + sfx pers 1cs For you have girded me with strength to the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
- 2 Samuel 22:48 תַּחְתֵּֽ/נִי prep + sfx pers 1cs Even the God who executes vengeance for me, Who brings down peoples under me,
1 Kings 39 verses
- 1 Kings 1:30 תַּחְתָּ֑/י prep + sfx pers 1cs most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.
- 1 Kings 1:35 תַּחְתָּ֑/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.
- 1 Kings 2:35 תַּחְתָּ֖י/ו תַּ֖חַת prep + sfx pers 3ms prep The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host; and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
- 1 Kings 3:7 תַּ֖חַת prep Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I don't know how to go out or come in.
- 1 Kings 4:12 מִ/תַּ֣חַת prep + prep Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
- 1 Kings 4:25 תַּ֤חַת וְ/תַ֣חַת prep conj + prep Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 5:1 תַּ֣חַת prep Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
- 1 Kings 5:3 תַּ֖חַת prep You know how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet.
- 1 Kings 5:5 תַּחְתֶּ֨י/ךָ֙ prep + sfx pers 2ms Behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your room, he shall build the house for my name.
- 1 Kings 7:24 מִ/תַּ֨חַת prep + prep Under the brim of it round about there were buds which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
- 1 Kings 7:29 וּ/מִ/תַּ֨חַת֙ conj + prep + Preposition and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
- 1 Kings 7:30 מִ/תַּ֤חַת prep + prep Every base had four brazen wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet of it had supports: beneath the basin were the supports molten, with wreaths at the side of each.
- 1 Kings 7:32 לְ/מִ/תַּ֨חַת֙ prep + prep + Preposition The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
- 1 Kings 7:44 תַּ֥חַת prep and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;
- 1 Kings 8:6 תַּ֖חַת prep The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
- 1 Kings 8:20 תַּחַת֩ prep Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 1 Kings 8:23 מִ/תָּ֑חַת prep + prep and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
- 1 Kings 11:43 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 13:14 תַּ֣חַת prep He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? He said, I am.
- 1 Kings 14:20 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms The days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 14:23 וְ/תַ֖חַת conj + prep For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;
- 1 Kings 14:27 תַּחְתָּ֔/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
- 1 Kings 14:31 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:8 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:24 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:28 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha kill him, and reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:6 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:10 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms and Zimri went in and struck him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 16:28 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 19:4 תַּ֖חַת prep But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
- 1 Kings 19:5 תַּ֖חַת prep He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
- 1 Kings 19:16 תַּחְתֶּֽי/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms and Jehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah shall you anoint to be prophet in your room.
- 1 Kings 20:24 תַּחְתֵּי/הֶֽם prep + sfx pers 3mp Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;
- 1 Kings 20:39 תַּ֣חַת prep As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.
- 1 Kings 20:42 תַּ֣חַת תַּ֥חַת prep prep He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.
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The Hebrew noun תחת centers on the idea of “under.” The lexicon spreads it across several senses; see its full sense range. Spanning 450 verses in 36 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Debuting at Genesis 1:7, it then recurs through the corpus. Sharing its root, it stands alongside תוח, תחות and תחת. Dig into 450-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8478 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 450
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 450 distinct verses.
- 36 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 36 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #95
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 95 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 450 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 450 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 202 verses · 45%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 135 verses · 30%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 113 verses · 25%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Under 3×, Beneath 2×, For 2×
- American Standard Version†: Under 3×, Place 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Under 132×, Place 104×, For 34×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Under 164×, Place 92×, Instead of 34×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8478 across 23† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8478 across 23† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 18 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8478 across 465† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 55 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 36 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8478 across 502† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 36 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
26 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 26 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
תחת I
- I. as adv. accus. †Gn 49:25 (= Dt 33:13) the deep רֹבֶצֶת תָּ֑חַת that coucheth beneath; more usually with מִן, מִתָּחַת lit. off (מִן 1 c) the under part = beneath, †Ex 20:4 (= Dt 5:8) בָּאָרֶץ מִתָּ֑חַת (so Dt 4:39; Jos 2:11; 1 K 8:23 [both D2], Is 51:6), Dt 33:27; Ju 7:8; Am 2:9; Is 14:9; Jb 18:16;Ez 47:1b. e.g. Genesis 49:25
- II. as prep.; so cstr., and with sf. (usually in the pl., and so lit. in the parts underneath) תַּחְתַּי Hb 3:16 +, תַּחְתֵּנִי (cf. בַּעֲדֵנִי, עוֹדֶנִּי: Ges§ 103 d) †2 S 22:37, 40, 48 (ψ 18:37, 40, 48 תַּחְתָּ֑י); תַּחְתֶּיךָ; תַּחְתָּיו (Kt תַּחְתּוֹ †2 S 2:23; 3:12; 16:8 Jb 9:13), תַּחְתֶּיהָ Lv 13:23 + 16 times, תַּחְתֶּ֫נָּה (cf. אֵינֶנַּה, עוֹדֶנָּה) †Gn 2:21; תַּחְתֵּינוּ †1 S 14:9 ψ 47:4; תַּחְתֵּיכֶם †Jos 2:14; Am 2:13; תַּחְתֵּיהֶם †Nu 16:31; 1 K 20:24; 1 Ch 4:41; 5:22; 2 Ch 12:10 (for תַּחְתָּם 1 K 14:27), תַּחְתָּם Dt 2:12 + 10 times, תַּחְתֵּיהֶן †Je 28:13;— e.g. Habakkuk 3:16
- 1. under, beneath, Gn 7:19 תַּחַת כָּל־ הַשָּׁמַיִם under the whole heaven (so †Dt 2:25; 4:19; Jb 28:24; 37:3; 41:3; Dn 9:12), 18:4 ת׳ הָעֵץ, 21:15; 24:2 + often; Jb 30:14 תּ׳ שׁוֹאָה under the crash they roll themselves against me; ת׳ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Ec 1:3, 9, 13 + often Ec. (so in Ph., Cooke 4. 7; 5. 12). With לְ, †2 Ch 4:3 תַּחַת לוֹ, Ct 2:6 = 8:3 ת׳ לְרֹאשִׁי. Idiom. e.g. Genesis 7:19
- a. תַּחַת הָהָר at the foot of the mt., Ex 24:4; Dt 4:11, so 3:17 ת׳ אַשְׁדֹּת הַפִּסְגָּה, Jos 11:3, 17 +; fig. ψ 18:37 תַּרְחִיב צְעָדַי תַּחְתָּ֑י thou broadenest my steps under me, Jb 36:16 רַחַב לֹא מוּצָק תַּחְתֶּיךָ (so read for תחתיה, Di Bu) breadth unstraitened is beneath thee. e.g. Exodus 24:4
- b. ת׳ הַלָּשׁוֹן, of something held there as a dainty morsel, and ready, when needed, to be brought out, fig. of sweetness Ct 4:11, of evil ψ 10:7 ת׳ לְשֹׁנוֹ עָמָל וָאָוֶן, Jb 20:12 (so ת׳ שְׂפָתֵימוֹ ψ 140:4), of praise ψ 66:17 וְרוֹמַם ת׳ לְשׁוֹנִי (syn. בִּגְרוֹנָם 149:6). e.g. Song of Solomon 4:11
- c. תַּחַת פ׳: (a) of subjection, ψ 18:40 תַּכְרִיעַ קָמַי תַּחְתָּ֑י, v 48 (cf. 47:4; 144:2), 45:6; Jb 9:13. (b) of a woman, ת׳ אִישָׁהּ, i.e. under his authority, Nu 5:19, 20, 29, so Ez 23:5 תַּחְתַּי being under me = being mine (fig. of Israel as י׳’s spouse), cf. ὕπανδρος Rom 7:2, and تَحْت Ḳor 66:10. (c) of being burdened or oppressed under, Is 24:5 the earth הָֽנְפָה ת׳ יֽשְׁבֶיהָ, Pr 30:12 ת׳ שָׁלוֹשׁ רָֽגְזָה אֶרֶץ, v 22, 23; Hb 3:7 ת׳ אָוֶן i.e. (si vera l.) suffering under calamity. e.g. Psalms 18:40
- d. ת׳ יַד פ׳, of authority or control, Gn 41:35 וְיִצְבְּרוּ בָר ת׳ יַד פַּרְעֹה; Ju 3:30 (cf. ψ 106:42), 1 S 21:4, 5 (del. אֶל; dittogr. חֹל), v 9 Is 3:6. e.g. Genesis 41:35
- e. ת׳ רַגְלֵי פ׳, of subjection or conquest, ψ 8:7 כֹּל שַׁתָּה ת׳ רַגְלָיו, 18:39; 47:4; La 3:34, cf. Mal 3:21. e.g. Psalms 8:7
- 2. what is under one, the place in which one stands: hence as accus.,
- a. with reflex. pron., idiom., in one’s place, where one stands, Ex 16:29 שְׁבוּ אִישׁ תַּחְתָּיו abide every one in his place, Lv 13:23, 28; Jos 5:8; 6:5, 20; Ju 7:21; 1 S 14:9 וְעָמַדְנוּ תַחְתֵּינוּ we will remain where we are, 2 S 2:23 וַיָּמָת תַּחְתָּו he died where he was (cf. Je 38:9 [read וּמֵת]), 7:10; Is 25:10; 46:7; Am 2:13; Hb 3:16 וְתַחְתַּי אֶרְגָּ֑ז I tremble where I stand, Zc 12:6; 14:10; Jb 36:20; 40:12 וַהֲדֹךְ רְשָׁעִים תַּחְתָּם e.g. Exodus 16:29
- b. in transferred sense, in place of, instead of: (a) Gn 2:21; 4:25 ת׳ הֶבֶל instead of Abel, 22:13 ת׳ בְּנוֹ, 30:2 הֲת׳ אלהים אנכי (cf. 50:19), 44:33; 2 S 19:1 + often; Nu 32:14; Jb 16:4; Is 3:24; 55:13; 61:3, 7; of one succeeding to the place of another, וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו Gn 36:33–39; 1 K 8:20; 11:43; 14:20 + often, Dt 2:12, 21 וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ תַחְתָּם, Lv 16:32; 1 K 2:35 +; ψ 45:17 in place of thy fathers (whom thou mayest therefore forget) will be thy children. cf. in Ph. CIS i. 3, 9 (Cooke30). Sq. inf. Is 60:15 ת׳ הֱיוֹתֵךְ instead of thy being … Peculiarly Jb 34:26 (si vera l.) = as if they were, like; but text very dubious; Bi Bu תָּחֵת חֲמָתוֹ רְשָׁעִ֑ים his wrath breaketh in pieces the wicked. (b) in partic., of things mutually interchanged, in place of, in exchange or return for: Gn 30:15 ת׳ דּוּדָאֵי בְנֵךְ in return for thy son’s love-apples, Ex 21:23 נֶפֶשׁ ת׳ גֶפְשׁ life for life, v 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 37, Jos 2:14 נַפְשֵׁנוּ תַחְתֵּיכֶם לָמוּת, 1 S 2:20; 1 K 20:39 נפשׁך ת׳ נפשׁו, v 42 (cf. 2 K 10:24), 21:2; Is 43:3, 4; often with vbs. of requiting, Gn 44:4 לָ֫מָּה שִׁלַּמְתֶּם רָעָה ת׳ טוֹבָם why have ye rewarded evil in exchange for good? 1 S 25:21; 2 S 16:12; 19:22 ψ 35:12 יְשַׁלְּמוּנִי רָעָה ת׳ טוֹבָה, 38:21 a 109:4, 5; Pr 17:13 +; Je 5:19 תַּחַת מֶה in return for what? (cf. עַל־מֶה 22:8; Dt 29:23; 1 K 9:8). So sq. inf. ψ 38:21 b. e.g. Genesis 2:21
- 3. as conj.:
- a. תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר: (a) instead of that (Germ. anstatt dass), Dt 28:62 ת׳ א׳ הֱיִיתֶם instead of that ye were …, instead of your being …, Ez 36:34. (b) in return for (the fact) that, because that 𝔊 ἀνθʼ ὧν often), Nu 25:13 ת׳ אֲשֶׁר קִנָּא לא׳, Dt 21:14; 22:29; 28:47; 1 S 26:21; 2 K 22:17 = 2 Ch 34:25; Is 53:12; Je 29:19; 50:7; 2 Ch 21:12. e.g. Deuteronomy 28:62
- b. תַּחַת כִּי Dt 4:37 (but? read וַתֶּֽחִי׃ as end of v 36), Pr 1:29. cf. (כִּי) עֵקֶב אֲשֶׁר. e.g. Deuteronomy 4:37
- 1. under, beneath, Gn 7:19 תַּחַת כָּל־ הַשָּׁמַיִם under the whole heaven (so †Dt 2:25; 4:19; Jb 28:24; 37:3; 41:3; Dn 9:12), 18:4 ת׳ הָעֵץ, 21:15; 24:2 + often; Jb 30:14 תּ׳ שׁוֹאָה under the crash they roll themselves against me; ת׳ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Ec 1:3, 9, 13 + often Ec. (so in Ph., Cooke 4. 7; 5. 12). With לְ, †2 Ch 4:3 תַּחַת לוֹ, Ct 2:6 = 8:3 ת׳ לְרֹאשִׁי. Idiom. e.g. Genesis 7:19
- III. compounds:—
- 1. אֶל־תַּחַת, after a vb. of motion:
- a. (in) under, Ju 6:19 וַיּוֹצֵא אֶל־ת׳ הָאֵלָה, 1 K 8:6 (‖ 2 Ch 5:7), Je 3:6; 38:11 (on 1 S 21:5 v. II. 1 d); after קָרָא Zc 3:10: so אֶל־ת׳ לְ׳ Ez 10:2. e.g. Judges 6:19
- b. into the place of, Lv 14:42. e.g. Leviticus 14:42
- 2. מִתַּחַת (= ὑπʼ ἐκ):
- a. alone, from under, from beneath, as מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם †Gn 1:7, and especially after such vbs. as שִׁחֵת 6:17, מָחָה Ex 17:14; Dt 9:14; 25:19; 29:19; 2 K 14:27, הֶאֱבִיד Dt 7:24, cf. La 3:66; Ez 47:1a מִתּ׳ מִפְתַּן הַבַּיִת, Pr 22:27 לָ֫מָּה יִקַּח מִשְׁכָּֽבְךָ מִתַּחְתֶּיךָ; Ex 6:6, 7 מִתּ׳ סִבְלוֹת מִצְרַיִם, Ho 4:12 וַיִּזְנוּ מִתּ׳ אֱלֹהֵיהֶם (cf. II. 1 c a, b); מִתּ׳ יַד פ׳ (cf. II. 1 d) from under the hand (power) of … Ex 18:10; 2 K 8:20, 22; 13:5; 17:7 +; מִתַּחְתָּיו (cf. II. 2 a) from his place Ex 10:23; Zc 6:12. Rarely = תַּחַת or מִתַּחַת לְ׳, Gn 1:7 (P) Ez 1:8; 42:9; 46:23; Jb 26:5. e.g. Genesis 1:7
- b. מִתַּחַת לְ׳ (opp. מִמַּעַל לְ׳) under, beneath: Gn 1:17 הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתּ׳ לָרָקִיעַ, Ex 20:4 הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ (so Dt 4:18; 5:8), Ju 3:16 מִתּ׳ לְמַדָּיו, Je 38:12 +; of locality, †Gn 35:8 מִתּ׳ לְבֵיתְאֵל, 1 S 7:11; 1 K 4:12. e.g. Genesis 1:17
- c. †לְמִתַּחַת לְ׳ (cf. מִן 9 b), i.q. מִתַּחַת לְ׳ 1 K 7:32. e.g. 1 Kings 7:32
- 1. אֶל־תַּחַת, after a vb. of motion:
תחת II
- 1. m.
- a. Levite 1 Ch 6:9, 22. e.g. 1 Chronicles 6:9
- b. Ephraimite 7:20(×2).—Θααθ, Κααθ, etc. e.g. 1 Chronicles 7:20
- 2. loc. station in wilderness Nu 33:26, 27; Κατααθ. e.g. Numbers 33:26
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.[m.] the under part (Arabic تَحْتٌ id.), hence as adv. accus. and prep. underneath, below, instead of (so Arabic تَحْتَ, Sab. תחת, Ethiopic ታሕት: Ph. תחת (Lzb385); Biblical Aramaic 𝔗 תְּחוֹת, Palm. in מן לתחת Tariff 1:4 (Cooke 320), Syriac ܬܚܽܘܬ );—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from תוח (Tôwach) (H8430) — Toah.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
תַּחַת
- under, beneath, in place of, instead of. Peah VII, 3 המניח … ת׳ הגפן וכ׳ he who places a basket under a vine when cutting grapes, robs the poor. Tosef. Dem. VI, 4 תַּחְתַּיי in my place, v. אוֹצָר. Gen. R. s. 18 מת׳ חרוב אחד from under a carob tree; a. v. fr.
תַּחַת ²
- ; לת׳ downward. Targ. O. Deut. XXVIII, 13; 43.—Pes. 74ᵇ פומא לת׳ with the mouth (open side) downward.—V. תְּחוֹת.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 107 distinct written forms H8478 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| תַּ֣חַת | Preposition | Deuteronomy 4:11 | 91 |
| תַּ֥חַת | Preposition | Ecclesiastes 1:3 | 52 |
| תַּחְתָּֽי/ו | Preposition | Deuteronomy 10:6 | 52 |
| תַּ֖חַת | Preposition | Deuteronomy 2:25 | 41 |
| תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו | Preposition | Genesis 36:33 | 19 |
| תַּ֚חַת | Preposition | Daniel 9:12 | 17 |
| תַּֽחַת | Preposition | Ecclesiastes 5:18 | 17 |
| מִ/תַּ֖חַת | Preposition | Deuteronomy 7:24 | 15 |
| תַּ֤חַת | Preposition | 1 Chronicles 10:12 | 9 |
| מִ/תַּ֥חַת | Preposition | Deuteronomy 4:18 | 8 |
| מִ/תַּ֣חַת | Preposition | Exodus 30:4 | 7 |
| תַּ֗חַת | Preposition | Deuteronomy 28:47 | 7 |
| וְ/תַ֖חַת | Preposition | Deuteronomy 12:2 | 6 |
| וְ/תַ֥חַת | Preposition | Isaiah 3:24 | 6 |
| תַֽחַת | Preposition | Ecclesiastes 8:17 | 6 |
| תַּחְתָּ֑י/ו | Preposition | 1 Kings 21:6 | 6 |
| תַּ֛חַת | Preposition | Deuteronomy 3:17 | 5 |
| תַּ֧חַת | Preposition | Exodus 38:4 | 5 |
| תַּחְתֶּ֑י/הָ | Preposition | Daniel 8:22 | 5 |
| תַּחַת֩ | Preposition | Exodus 25:35 | 5 |
| מִ/תָּ֑חַת | Preposition | Deuteronomy 4:39 | 4 |
| תַּחְתָּֽ/ם | Preposition | Job 26:8 | 4 |
| תחת/ו | Preposition | 2 Samuel 2:23 | 4 |
| וְ/תַ֤חַת | Preposition | Ezekiel 31:6 | 3 |
| וְ/תַ֨חַת | Preposition | Ezekiel 6:13 | 3 |
| וְ/תַ֨חַת֙ | Preposition | Ezekiel 1:23 | 3 |
| מִ/תַּ֨חַת֙ | Preposition | Exodus 6:6 | 3 |
| תַּחְתֶּֽי/הָ | Preposition | Joshua 7:21 | 3 |
| תַּחְתָּ֑/י | Preposition | Ezekiel 23:5 | 3 |
| תַּחְתָּ֖י/ו | Preposition | Exodus 29:30 | 3 |
| תַּחְתָּֽ/י | Preposition | Nehemiah 2:14 | 3 |
| תַּחְתָּי/ו֙ | Preposition | Genesis 36:39 | 3 |
| וְ/תַ֣חַת | Preposition | Exodus 24:10 | 2 |
| וְ/תַֽחַת | Preposition | Job 31:40 | 2 |
| וּ/מִ/תַּ֖חַת | Preposition | Deuteronomy 33:27 | 2 |
| מִ/תַּ֤חַת | Preposition | Genesis 1:9 | 2 |
| מִ/תַּ֨חַת | Preposition | Ezekiel 47:1 | 2 |
| מִ/תָּֽחַת | Preposition | Amos 2:9 | 2 |
| תַחְתָּ֖י/ו | Preposition | Exodus 17:12 | 2 |
| תַחְתָּֽ/ם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 2:21 | 2 |
| תַּחְתֵּֽ/נִי | Preposition | 2 Samuel 22:40 | 2 |
| תַּחְתֵּי/הֶֽם | Preposition | 1 Kings 20:24 | 2 |
| תַּחְתֶּ֔י/הָ | Preposition | Daniel 8:8 | 2 |
| תַּחְתֶּ֔י/ךָ | Preposition | Isaiah 43:4 | 2 |
| תַּחְתֶּ֨י/ךָ֙ | Preposition | 1 Kings 5:5 | 2 |
| תַּחְתֶּֽי/ךָ | Preposition | 1 Kings 19:16 | 2 |
| תַּחְתָּ֔/ם | Preposition | 1 Kings 14:27 | 2 |
| תַּחְתָּ֗י/ו | Preposition | Exodus 16:29 | 2 |
| תַּחְתָּ֜י/ו | Preposition | Genesis 36:35 | 2 |
| תַּחְתָּ֥י/ו | Preposition | 2 Samuel 3:12 | 2 |
| הֲ/תַ֣חַת | Preposition | 2 Samuel 19:21 | 1 |
| הֲ/תַ֤חַת | Preposition | Genesis 30:2 | 1 |
| הֲ/תַ֥חַת | Preposition | Genesis 50:19 | 1 |
| ו/מ/תחת/ה | Preposition | Ezekiel 42:9 | 1 |
| וְ/תַ֗חַת | Preposition | Deuteronomy 4:37 | 1 |
| וְ/תַ֧חַת | Preposition | Isaiah 10:16 | 1 |
| וְ/תַחְתַּ֣/י | Preposition | Habakkuk 3:16 | 1 |
| וְ֝/תַחְתֶּ֗י/הָ | Preposition | Job 28:5 | 1 |
| וּ/מִ/תַּ֨חַת֙ | Preposition | 1 Kings 7:29 | 1 |
| וּ/מִ/תַּחְתָּ֣י/ו | Preposition | Zechariah 6:12 | 1 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 47 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 419 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 450 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:7
- Exodus 6:6
- Leviticus 6:22
- Numbers 3:12
- Deuteronomy 2:12
- Joshua 2:11
- Judges 1:7
- Ruth 2:12
- 1 Samuel 2:20
- 2 Samuel 2:23
- 1 Kings 1:30
- 2 Kings 1:17
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
