Tachath — H8478

H8478 · Hebrew — תחת

Pronunciation: takh'-ath

Definition

masculine noun

  1. the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
    1. the under part adv accus
    2. beneath prep
    3. under, beneath
      1. at the foot of (idiom)
      2. sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
      3. of subjection or conquest
    4. what is under one, the place in which one stands
      1. in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
      2. in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
      3. in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
  2. conj
    1. instead of, instead of that
    2. in return for that, because that in compounds
    3. in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
    4. from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

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

Usually translated as

under, instead, place, beneath, room, in, whereas, flat, wherefore, with, as, for...sake, stead of, unto, when...was mine, fore

Origin

from the same as H8430

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Tachath occurs 505 times in 450 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (30), Exodus (34), Leviticus (10), Numbers (13), Deuteronomy (26), Joshua (14), Judges (9), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (12), 2 Samuel (16), 1 Kings (39), 2 Kings (40), 1 Chronicles (16), 2 Chronicles (27), Nehemiah (1), Esther (2), Job (21), Psalms (19), Proverbs (8), Ecclesiastes (31), Song of Songs (4), Isaiah (20), Jeremiah (15), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (20), Daniel (3), Hosea (2), Joel (1), Amos (2), Obadiah (1), Jonah (1), Micah (2), Habakkuk (2), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (4), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — T