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תַּחְתּוֹן H8481

H8481 is the Hebrew word תַּחְתּוֹן, transliterated tachtôwn and said takh-tone'. The King James Version most often renders it nether.

Word: תַּחְתּוֹןTransliteration: tachtôwnSaid: takh-tone'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 13 verses

What it means

bottommost.

Where it comes from

or תַּחְתֹּן; from H8478 (תַּחַת).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 13 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

nether 5×lower 3×nethermost 1×lowest 1×than the lower 1×more than the lowest 1×even to the lower 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: lower(-est), nether(-most).

Verses using תַּחְתּוֹן

All 13 verses, quoted in full.

Joshua 16:3 · KJV

And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea.

Joshua 18:13 · KJV

And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.

1 Kings 6:6 · KJV

The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

1 Kings 9:17 · KJV

And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,

1 Chronicles 7:24 · KJV

(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)

2 Chronicles 8:5 · KJV

Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

Isaiah 22:9 · KJV

Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

Ezekiel 40:18 · KJV

And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement.

Ezekiel 40:19 · KJV

Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.

Ezekiel 41:7 · KJV

And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.

Ezekiel 42:5 · KJV

Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

Ezekiel 42:6 · KJV

For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.

Ezekiel 43:14 · KJV

And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8481 mean?

H8481 is the Hebrew word תַּחְתּוֹן (tachtôwn), meaning bottommost.

How is H8481 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it nether (5 times), lower (3 times), nethermost (1 time), lowest (1 time), than the lower (1 time), among others.

How many times does H8481 appear in the Bible?

תַּחְתּוֹן (tachtôwn) is tagged in 13 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8481 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or תַּחְתֹּן; from H8478 (תַּחַת).

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