Beneath
מַ֫טָּהStrong’s H4295mattah (mat-tah)
Appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mattah is the Hebrew word usually translated “downwards”, “from to downwards” and “beneath”. It appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.”
Meaning
- Downwards, belowdownwards · under (of age) · beneath
How it's translated
- downwards 9
- from to downwards 6
- and downwards 3
- beneath 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 6
- Deuteronomy 2
- Ezekiel 2
- 2 Kings 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 27:5And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
- Exodus 28:27And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
- Exodus 36:29And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
- Exodus 38:4And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
- Exodus 39:20And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
- Deuteronomy 28:13And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
Hebrew dictionary
מַ֫טָּה mattah · beneath
1) downwards, below 1a) downwards 1b) under (of age) 1c) beneath
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “beneath” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BENE'ATH, preposition
- Under; lower in place, with something directly over or on, as to place a cushion beneath one; often with the sense of pressure or oppression, as to sink beneath a burden, in a literal sense.
- Under, in a figurative sense; bearing heavy impositions, as taxes, or oppressive government.
- Lower in rank, dignity or excellence; as, brutes are beneath man;; man is beneath angels, in the seale of beings.
- Unworthy of; unbecoming; not equal to; as, he will do nothing beneath his station or character.
All definitions and other forms of “beneath”
BENE'ATH, adverb
In a lower place; as, the earth from beneath will be barren.
- Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region; as, in heaven above, or in earth beneath
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.