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תַּחַת H8478

H8478 is the Hebrew word תַּחַת, transliterated tachath and said takh'-ath. The King James Version most often renders it under.

Word: תַּחַתTransliteration: tachathSaid: takh'-athLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 25 verses

What it means

the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc..

Where it comes from

from the same as H8430 (תּוֹחַ).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

under 6×for 2×beneath 2×place 2×instead 1×stead 1×flat 1×same place 1×room 1×submitted themselves 1×waters in 1×as 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: 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.

Verses using תַּחַת

All 25 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 1:7 · KJV

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Genesis 4:25 · KJV

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

Genesis 6:17 · KJV

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Genesis 7:19 · KJV

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

Genesis 22:13 · KJV

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

Genesis 30:15 · KJV

And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.

Exodus 21:26 · KJV

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

Exodus 24:4 · KJV

And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 32:19 · KJV

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

Leviticus 14:42 · KJV

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.

Deuteronomy 4:18 · KJV

The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Joshua 6:5 · KJV

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.

2 Samuel 2:23 · KJV

Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

2 Samuel 19:13 · KJV

And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

1 Kings 7:32 · KJV

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.

1 Chronicles 29:24 · KJV

And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

Job 30:14 · KJV

They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

Job 34:26 · KJV

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

Job 36:16 · KJV

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

Psalm 66:17 · KJV

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

Isaiah 60:15 · KJV

Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

Jeremiah 3:6 · KJV

The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

Jeremiah 5:19 · KJV

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

Jeremiah 38:9 · KJV

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

Ezekiel 23:5 · KJV

And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,

Common questions

What does Strong's H8478 mean?

H8478 is the Hebrew word תַּחַת (tachath), meaning the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc..

How is H8478 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it under (6 times), for (2 times), beneath (2 times), place (2 times), instead (1 time), among others.

How many times does H8478 appear in the Bible?

תַּחַת (tachath) is tagged in 25 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8478 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from the same as H8430 (תּוֹחַ).

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