תַּחַת
under
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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 Ecclesiastes — 31 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.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 תַּ֥חַת prep What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 1:9 תַּ֥חַת prep That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 1:13 תַּ֣חַת prep I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 תַּ֣חַת prep I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 תַּ֣חַת prep I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 תַּ֥חַת prep Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 2:17 תַּ֣חַת prep So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 2:18 תַּ֣חַת prep I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
- Ecclesiastes 2:19 תַּ֣חַת prep Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 2:20 תַּ֥חַת prep Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 2:22 תַּ֥חַת prep For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 3:1 תַּ֥חַת prep For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
- Ecclesiastes 3:16 תַּ֣חַת prep Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1 תַּ֣חַת prep Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
- Ecclesiastes 4:3 תַּ֥חַת prep Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 4:7 תַּ֥חַת prep Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 4:15 תַּ֣חַת תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep prep + sfx pers 3ms I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.
- Ecclesiastes 5:13 תַּ֣חַת prep There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 תַּֽחַת prep Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
- Ecclesiastes 6:1 תַּ֣חַת prep There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 תַּ֥חַת prep For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 7:6 תַּ֣חַת prep For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 8:9 תַּ֣חַת prep All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.
- Ecclesiastes 8:15 תַּ֣חַת תַּ֥חַת prep prep Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 8:17 תַֽחַת prep then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3 תַּ֣חַת prep This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- Ecclesiastes 9:6 תַּ֥חַת prep Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 תַּ֣חַת תַּ֥חַת prep prep Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11 תַֽחַת prep I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
- Ecclesiastes 9:13 תַּ֣חַת prep I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.
- Ecclesiastes 10:5 תַּ֣חַת prep There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.
About this entry
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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
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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Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
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.
