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The meaning of תַּחַת

Understanding tachath reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idio...

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תַּחַת

Phonetictakh'-ath
Transliterationtachath
Grammar Code
H:N-M
Hebrew Noun, Masculine
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with. - the bottom (as depressed) - only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc. 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m 1a) the under part adv accus 1b) beneath prep 1c) under, beneath 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj 1e) instead of, instead of that 1f) in return for that, because that in compounds 1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion) 1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

23 total references
ReferenceText
Genesis 7:19

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

Word: תַּחַת (tachath)
Leviticus 14:42

And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.

Word: תַּחַת (tachath)
Joshua 6:5

And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

Word: תַּחַת (tachath)
1 Kings 7:32

And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

Word: תַּחַת (tachath)
Psalms 66:17

I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

Word: תַּחַת (tachath)

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