Tachtôwn — H8481

Definition

adjective

bottommost

1. lower, lowest, nether

Usually translated as

lower, nether, lowest, nethermost

Origin

or tachtôn; from H8478

• Derived from Tachath (H8478)

Greek equivalents

• katṓteros (G2737)

Occurrences

Tachtôwn occurs 13 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (2), 1 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (6)

• Joshua 16:3 — And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether (תַּחְתּ֖וֹן), and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
• Joshua 18:13 — And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether (תַּחְתּֽוֹן) Beth-horon.
• 1 Kings 6:6 — The nethermost (הַתַּחְתֹּנָ֜ה) 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 — And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether (תַּחְתּֽוֹן),
• 1 Chronicles 7:24 — (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether (הַתַּחְתּ֖וֹן), and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)
• 2 Chronicles 8:5 — Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether (הַתַּחְתּ֑וֹן), fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
• Isaiah 22:9 — Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower (הַתַּחְתּוֹנָֽה) pool.
• Ezekiel 40:18 — And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower (הַתַּחְתּוֹנָֽה) pavement.
• Ezekiel 40:19 — Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower (הַתַּחְתּ֜וֹנָה) gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
• Ezekiel 41:7 — 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 (הַתַּחְתּוֹנָ֛ה) chamber to the highest by the midst.
• Ezekiel 42:5 — Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower (מֵֽהַתַּחְתֹּנ֛וֹת), and than the middlemost of the building.
• Ezekiel 42:6 — 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 (מֵהַתַּחְתּוֹנ֛וֹת) and the middlemost from the ground.
• Ezekiel 43:14 — And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower (הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה֙) 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.