תַּחַת
tachath · takh'-ath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H8430 (תּוֹחַ);
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
- the bottom (as depressed)
- only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV 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.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign
The mark, the covenant sign that works to separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תַּחַת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
505 occurrences · 505 OT · 0 NT · 111 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for2 · 8%
- and under2 · 8%
- were under1 · 4%
- instead1 · 4%
- from under1 · 4%
- that were under1 · 4%
- in the stead1 · 4%
- them beneath1 · 4%
- them in the place1 · 4%
- beneath1 · 4%
- flat1 · 4%
- in the same place1 · 4%
- in the room1 · 4%
- submitted themselves1 · 4%
- in of waters: in1 · 4%
- them as1 · 4%
- where1 · 4%
- with1 · 4%
- whereas1 · 4%
- wherefore1 · 4%
- in the place1 · 4%
- when she was mine1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.