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H8481

תַּחְתּוֹן

tachtôwn · takh-tone'

bottommost

Lexicon

Derivation: or תַּחְתֹּן; from H8478 (תַּחַת);

bottommost

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: lower(-est), nether(-most).

Letters

ת
Tav
ח
Het
ת
Tav
ו
Vav
נ
Nun
  1. תTav400

    Picture: a crossed mark

    Concrete
    mark · sign · cross · signature
    Extended
    a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
  2. חHet8

    Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure

    Concrete
    wall · fence · tent wall
    Extended
    to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
  3. תTav400

    Picture: a crossed mark

    Concrete
    mark · sign · cross · signature
    Extended
    a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
  4. וVav6

    Picture: tent peg or hook

    Concrete
    nail · peg · hook
    Extended
    to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
  5. נNun50

    Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water

    Concrete
    seed · sprout · fish · offspring
    Extended
    life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

the mark, the covenant sign › to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing

The mark, the covenant sign that works to separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תַּחְתּוֹן 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

13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • the nether4 · 31%
  • of the lower2 · 15%
  • of the nether1 · 8%
  • the nethermost1 · 8%
  • was the lower1 · 8%
  • from the lowest1 · 8%
  • than the lower1 · 8%
  • more than the lowest1 · 8%
  • even to the lower1 · 8%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

תַּחְתּֽוֹן׃2הַתַּחְתּוֹנָֽה׃2הַתַּחְתּוֹנָ֛ה1הַתַּחְתֹּנָ֜ה1תַּחְתּ֖וֹן1מֵֽהַתַּחְתֹּנ֛וֹת1הַתַּחְתּ֖וֹן1מֵהַתַּחְתּוֹנ֛וֹת1הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה֙1הַתַּחְתּ֑וֹן1הַתַּחְתּ֜וֹנָה1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance