Strong H8478H8478Hתַּחַת

underneath: instead

One of the 6 senses of Strong H8478

Transliteration
tachath
Pronunciation
takh'-ath
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

: instead/in_place/exchange
1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

General definition

From the same as H8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially below (often with prepositional prefix {underneath }) in lieu {of} etc.: - {as} {beneath} X {flat} in ({-stead}) (same) place (where . . . {is}) {room} for . . . {sake} stead {of} {under} X {unto} X when . . . was {mine} {whereas} [where-] {fore} with.

In the Bible

Strong H8478H appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • for1
  • instead1
  • place1
  • room1
  • stead1
  • whereas1

First verses

  1. Genesis 4:25
    And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
  2. Genesis 22:13
    And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
  3. Genesis 30:15
    And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.
  4. Leviticus 14:42
    And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.
  5. 2 Samuel 19:13
    And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
  6. Isaiah 60:15
    Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
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