תַּחַת
under
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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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.
Every verse where H8478 appears in the Book of 1 Kings — 39 distinct verses. 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.
1 Kings
- 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.
- 1 Kings 21:2 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to you, I will give you the worth of it in money.
- 1 Kings 21:6 תַּחְתָּ֑י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms He said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it please you, I will give you [another] vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard.
- 1 Kings 22:40 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 22:50 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
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
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H8478, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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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.
