Tachti תַּחְתִּי
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| תַּחְתִּי | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tachti |
| Strong's number | H8482 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | lower |
| Occurrences | 19 in 19 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (6) |
Tachti (Hebrew תַּחְתִּי, Strong's H8482) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “lower”. It occurs 19 times in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) low, lower, lowest
1a) lowest (as adj)
1b) the lower parts (subst)
1a) lowest (as adj)
1b) the lower parts (subst)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | parts (9), nether (4), lowest (3), lower (2), low (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | depths (6), lower (4), below (3), lowest (2), foot (1), into the depths (1), o depths (1), out of the depths (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tachti, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 6:16A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.
Exodus
- Exodus 19:17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
Joshua
- Joshua 15:19Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
Judges
- Judges 1:15And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 4:13Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.
Job
- Job 41:24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
Psalms
- Psalm 63:9But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.
- Psalm 86:13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
- Psalm 88:6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
- Psalm 139:15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 44:23Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 3:55I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 26:20When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.
- Ezekiel 31:14To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’
- Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
- Ezekiel 31:18To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Ezekiel 32:18Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
- Ezekiel 32:24There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).