תַּחַת tachat

Hebrew word for “underneath” · Strong’s H8478 · used 505 times in 450 verses

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Meaning

: under/below; 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m;

Senses in the lexicon

• underneath: under (240)
• underneath: instead (195)
• underneath: stand (29)
• underneath: because of (23)
• underneath: owning (14)
• underneath: swear (4)

How it is translated

Glosses given for tachat in context, with how often each is used:

• under 252
• place 205
• because 13
• beneath 12
• for 8
• will be under 4
• ¿ in place 3
• it 3
• below 1
• you 1
• who in place 1
• in 1

Where it is used

Also in 24 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 36 (7), Exodus 21 (7), 2 Kings 15 (7), 1 Chronicles 1 (7), Ecclesiastes 2 (7), Deuteronomy 4 (6), Deuteronomy 2 (5), 2 Samuel 22 (5), 1 Kings 7 (5), Psalms 18 (5)

Forms

• תחת 263
• תחתיו 97
• מתחת 48
• ותחת 27
• תחתיה 16
• תחתם 11
• תחתיך 9
• תחתי 8
• תחתיהם 5
• ומתחת 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tachat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מָלַךְ malakh “to reign” 86
• אָב av “father” 57
• שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 36
• קָבַר qavar “to bury” 32
• שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh “sun” 30
• מוּת mut “to die” 44
• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 36
• עִם im “with” 44
• דָּוִד david “David” 34
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 34
• רָאָה raah “to see” 36
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 32

Key verses

The verses using tachat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 20:4 — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water…
• Deuteronomy 4:19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to…
• Deuteronomy 29:20 — The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book…
• Deuteronomy 33:27 — The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
• Ecclesiastes 4:1 — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and…
• Ecclesiastes 9:11 — 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…
• Isaiah 24:5 — The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
• Isaiah 25:10 — For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
• Isaiah 53:12 — Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was…
• Isaiah 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;…
• Jeremiah 2:20 — For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou…
• Zechariah 6:12 — And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.