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 2 of 3 — showing verses 201–400 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.
1 Kings 39 verses
- 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.
2 Kings 40 verses
- 2 Kings 1:17 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms So he died according to the word of Yahweh which Elijah had spoken. Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
- 2 Kings 3:27 תַּחְתָּ֗י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
- 2 Kings 8:15 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms It happened on the next day, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 8:20 מִ/תַּ֖חַת prep + prep In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
- 2 Kings 8:22 מִ/תַּ֨חַת֙ prep + prep So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
- 2 Kings 8:24 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 9:13 תַחְתָּ֖י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king.
- 2 Kings 10:24 תַּ֥חַת prep They went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had appointed him eighty men outside, and said, If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, [he who lets him go], his life shall be for the life of him.
- 2 Kings 10:35 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 12:21 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 13:5 מִ/תַּ֖חַת prep + prep (Yahweh gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.
- 2 Kings 13:9 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 13:24 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 14:16 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 14:21 תַּ֖חַת prep All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Kings 14:27 מִ/תַּ֖חַת prep + prep Yahweh didn't say that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the sky; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
- 2 Kings 14:29 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:7 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:10 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:14 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:22 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:25 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:30 תַּחְתָּ֑י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him, and killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
- 2 Kings 15:38 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 16:4 וְ/תַ֖חַת conj + prep He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
- 2 Kings 16:17 תַּחְתֶּ֑י/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
- 2 Kings 16:20 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 17:7 מִ/תַּ֕חַת prep + prep It was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Yahweh their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
- 2 Kings 17:10 וְ/תַ֖חַת conj + prep and they set them up pillars and Asherim on every high hill, and under every green tree;
- 2 Kings 17:24 תַּ֖חַת prep The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and lived in the cities of it.
- 2 Kings 19:37 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 20:21 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 21:18 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 21:24 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
- 2 Kings 21:26 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 22:17 תַּ֣חַת prep Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
- 2 Kings 23:30 תַּ֥חַת prep His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
- 2 Kings 23:34 תַּ֚חַת prep Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.
- 2 Kings 24:6 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 24:17 תַּחְתָּ֑י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin's] father's brother, king is his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
1 Chronicles 16 verses
- 1 Chronicles 1:44 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 1:45 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 1:46 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; and the name of his city was Avith.
- 1 Chronicles 1:47 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 1:48 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 1:49 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Shaul died, and Baal Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 1:50 תַּחְתָּי/ו֙ prep + sfx pers 3ms Baal Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
- 1 Chronicles 4:41 תַּחְתֵּי/הֶ֑ם prep + sfx pers 3mp These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents, and the Meunim who were found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
- 1 Chronicles 5:22 תַחְתֵּי/הֶ֖ם prep + sfx pers 3mp For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.
- 1 Chronicles 10:12 תַּ֤חַת prep all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- 1 Chronicles 17:1 תַּ֥חַת prep It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [dwells] under curtains.
- 1 Chronicles 17:9 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 waste them any more, as at the first,
- 1 Chronicles 19:1 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms It happened after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 29:23 תַּֽחַת prep Then Solomon sat on the throne of Yahweh as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
- 1 Chronicles 29:24 תַּ֖חַת prep All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons of king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
- 1 Chronicles 29:28 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms He died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 27 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:8 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Solomon said to God, You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 תַּ֨חַת prep Under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
- 2 Chronicles 4:15 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
- 2 Chronicles 5:7 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.
- 2 Chronicles 6:10 תַּחַת֩ prep Yahweh has performed 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.
- 2 Chronicles 9:31 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 12:10 תַּחְתֵּי/הֶ֔ם 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.
- 2 Chronicles 12:16 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 14:1 תַּחְתָּ֑י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
- 2 Chronicles 17:1 תַּחְתָּ֑י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 21:1 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 21:8 מִ/תַּ֖חַת prep + prep In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
- 2 Chronicles 21:10 מִ/תַּ֣חַת מִ/תַּ֣חַת prep + prep prep + prep So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 21:12 תַּ֗חַת prep There came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
- 2 Chronicles 22:1 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place; for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] on him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 26:1 תַּ֖חַת prep All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Chronicles 26:23 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 27:9 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 28:4 וְ/תַ֖חַת conj + prep He sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
- 2 Chronicles 28:27 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they didn't bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 32:33 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 33:20 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 33:25 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 34:25 תַּ֣חַת prep Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out on this place, and it shall not be quenched.
- 2 Chronicles 36:1 תַֽחַת prep Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 36:8 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
Nehemiah 1 verse
Esther 2 verses
- Esther 2:4 תַּ֣חַת prep and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. The thing pleased the king; and he did so.
- Esther 2:17 תַּ֥חַת prep The king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Job 21 verses
- Job 9:13 תחת/ו תַּחְתָּ֥י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms prep + sfx pers 3ms "God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
- Job 16:4 תַּ֤חַת prep I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul's place, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.
- Job 18:16 מִ֭/תַּחַת prep + prep His roots shall be dried up beneath, Above shall his branch be cut off.
- Job 20:12 תַּ֣חַת prep "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
- Job 26:5 מִ/תַּ֥חַת prep + prep "Those who are deceased tremble, Those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
- Job 26:8 תַּחְתָּֽ/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
- Job 28:5 וְ֝/תַחְתֶּ֗י/הָ conj + prep + sfx pers 3fs As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
- Job 28:15 תַּחְתֶּ֑י/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs It can't be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price.
- Job 28:24 תַּ֖חַת prep For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky.
- Job 30:7 תַּ֖חַת prep Among the bushes they bray; And under the nettles they are gathered together.
- Job 30:14 תַּ֥חַת prep As through a wide breach they come, In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves in.
- Job 31:40 תַּ֤חַת וְ/תַֽחַת prep conj + prep Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
- Job 34:24 תַּחְתָּֽ/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And sets others in their place.
- Job 34:26 תַּֽחַת prep He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others;
- Job 36:16 תַּחְתֶּ֑י/הָ prep + sfx pers 3fs Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, Into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
- Job 36:20 תַּחְתָּֽ/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp Don't desire the night, When people are cut off in their place.
- Job 37:3 תַּֽחַת prep He sends it forth under the whole sky, And his lightning to the ends of the earth.
- Job 40:12 תַּחְתָּֽ/ם prep + sfx pers 3mp Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
- Job 40:21 תַּֽחַת prep He lies under the lotus trees, In the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
- Job 41:11 תַּ֖חַת prep Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.
- Job 41:30 תַּ֭חְתָּי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms His undersides are like sharp potsherds, Leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
Psalms 19 verses
- Psalms 8:6 תַֽחַת prep You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
- Psalms 10:7 תַּ֥חַת prep His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
- Psalms 18:9 תַּ֣חַת prep He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
- Psalms 18:36 תַחְתָּ֑/י prep + sfx pers 1cs You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 18:38 תַּ֣חַת prep I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
- Psalms 18:39 תַּחְתָּֽ/י 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.
- Psalms 18:47 תַּחְתָּֽ/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Even the God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.
- Psalms 35:12 תַּ֥חַת prep They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul.
- Psalms 38:20 תַּ֣חַת תַּ֣חַת prep prep They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, Because I follow what is good.
- Psalms 45:5 תַּחְתֶּ֣י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies.
- Psalms 45:16 תַּ֣חַת prep Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth.
- Psalms 47:3 תַּחְתֵּ֑י/נוּ תַּ֣חַת prep + sfx pers 1cp prep He subdues nations under us, And peoples under our feet.
- Psalms 66:17 תַּ֣חַת prep I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.
- Psalms 91:4 וְ/תַֽחַת conj + prep He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
- Psalms 106:42 תַּ֣חַת prep Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
- Psalms 109:4 תַּֽחַת prep In return for my love, they are my adversaries; But I am in prayer.
- Psalms 109:5 תַּ֣חַת תַּ֣חַת prep prep They have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
- Psalms 140:3 תַּ֖חַת prep They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.
- Psalms 144:2 תַחְתָּֽ/י prep + sfx pers 1cs My loving kindness, my fortress, My high tower, my deliverer, My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdues my people under me.
Proverbs 8 verses
- Proverbs 1:29 תַּ֭חַת prep Because they hated knowledge, And didn't choose the fear of Yahweh.
- Proverbs 11:8 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked takes his place.
- Proverbs 17:13 תַּ֣חַת prep Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
- Proverbs 21:18 וְ/תַ֖חַת conj + prep The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; The treacherous for the upright.
- Proverbs 22:27 מִ/תַּחְתֶּֽי/ךָ prep + prep + sfx pers 2ms If you don't have means to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you?
- Proverbs 30:21 תַּ֣חַת וְ/תַ֥חַת prep conj + prep "For three things the earth tremble, And under four, it can't bear up:
- Proverbs 30:22 תַּֽחַת prep For a servant when he is king; A fool when he is filled with food;
- Proverbs 30:23 תַּ֣חַת prep For an unloved woman when she is married; And a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
Ecclesiastes 31 verses
- 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.
Song of Solomon 4 verses
- Song of Solomon 2:6 תַּ֣חַת prep His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
- Song of Solomon 4:11 תַּ֣חַת prep Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
- Song of Solomon 8:3 תַּ֣חַת prep His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
- Song of Solomon 8:5 תַּ֤חַת prep Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, Leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.
Isaiah 20 verses
- Isaiah 3:6 תַּ֥חַת prep Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, "You have clothing, you be our ruler, And let this ruin be under your hand."
- Isaiah 3:24 תַ֨חַת וְ/תַ֨חַת וְ/תַ֨חַת וְ/תַ֥חַת תַ֖חַת prep conj + prep conj + prep conj + prep prep It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well set hair, baldness; Instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty.
- Isaiah 10:4 תַּ֣חַת וְ/תַ֥חַת prep conj + prep They shall only bow down under the prisoners, and shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 10:16 וְ/תַ֧חַת conj + prep Therefore will the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.
- Isaiah 14:9 מִ/תַּ֛חַת prep + prep Sheol from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming; it stirs up the dead for you, even all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
- Isaiah 14:11 תַּחְתֶּ֨י/ךָ֙ prep + sfx pers 2ms Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, [and] the noise of your viols: the worm is spread under you, and worms cover you.
- Isaiah 24:5 תַּ֣חַת prep The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants of it; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
- Isaiah 25:10 תַּחְתָּ֔י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms For in this mountain will the hand of Yahweh rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dung-hill.
- Isaiah 37:38 תַּחְתָּֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
- Isaiah 43:3 תַּחְתֶּֽי/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
- Isaiah 43:4 תַּחְתֶּ֔י/ךָ תַּ֥חַת prep + sfx pers 2ms prep Since you have been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved you; therefore will I give men in your place, and peoples instead of your life.
- Isaiah 46:7 תַחְתָּי/ו֙ prep + sfx pers 3ms They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands, from its place it shall not move: yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
- Isaiah 51:6 מִ/תַּ֗חַת prep + prep Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
- Isaiah 53:12 תַּ֗חַת prep Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
- Isaiah 55:13 תַּ֤חַת תחת וְ/תַ֥חַת prep prep conj + prep Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to Yahweh for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
- Isaiah 57:5 תַּ֖חַת תַּ֖חַת prep prep you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
- Isaiah 60:15 תַּ֧חַת prep Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
- Isaiah 60:17 תַּ֣חַת וְ/תַ֤חַת וְ/תַ֤חַת וְ/תַ֥חַת prep conj + prep conj + prep conj + prep For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make your officers peace, and righteousness your ruler.
- Isaiah 61:3 תַּ֣חַת תַּ֣חַת תַּ֖חַת prep prep prep to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
- Isaiah 61:7 תַּ֤חַת prep Instead of your shame [you shall have] double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be to them.
Jeremiah 15 verses
- Jeremiah 2:20 וְ/תַ֨חַת֙ conj + prep For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, I will not serve; for on every high hill and under every green tree you did bow yourself, playing the prostitute.
- Jeremiah 3:6 תַּ֛חַת prep Moreover Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the prostitute.
- Jeremiah 3:13 תַּ֚חַת prep Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 5:19 תַּ֣חַת prep It shall happen, when you shall say, Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us? then shall you say to them, Like as you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
- Jeremiah 18:20 תַּֽחַת prep Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
- Jeremiah 22:11 תַּ֚חַת prep For thus says Yahweh touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, [and] who went forth out of this place: He shall not return there any more.
- Jeremiah 28:13 תַחְתֵּי/הֶ֖ן prep + sfx pers 3fp Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh: You have broken the bars of wood; but you have made in their place bars of iron.
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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.
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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.