Under
תְּחוֹתStrong’s H8460techot (te-chot)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Techot is the Aramaic word usually translated “under it” and “under”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.”
Meaning
- Under
How it's translated
- under it 3
- under 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 4
- Jeremiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 4:14In contextHe cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
- Daniel 4:21In contextWhose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
- Daniel 7:27In contextAnd the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
- Jeremiah 10:11Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
Aramaic dictionary
תְּחוֹת techot · under
under Aramaic of ta.chat (תַּחַת ": under" H8478)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “under” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNDER, preposition
- Beneath; below; so as to have something over or above.
- In a state of pupilage or subjection; as a youth under a tutor; a ward under a guardian; colonies under the British government.“I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me” Matthew 8:9
- In a less degree than.
- For less than.
All definitions and other forms of “under”
- Less than; below.
- With the pretense of; with the cover or pretext of.
- With less than.
- In a degree, state or rank inferior to.
- In a state of being loaded; in a state of bearing or being burdened; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression.
- In a state of oppression or subjection to, the state in which a person is considered as bearing or having any thing laid upon him; as, to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a christian under reproaches and injuries.
- In a state of liability or obligation.
- In the state of bearing and being known by; as men trading under the firm of Wright _ Co.
- In the state of; in the enjoyment or possession of.
- During the time of.
- Not having reached or arrived to; below.
- Represented by; in the form of.
- In the state of protection or defense. under favor of the prince, our author was promoted.
- As bearing a particular character.
- Being contained or comprehended in.
- Attested by; signed by.
- In a state of being handled, treated or discussed, or of being the subject of.
- In subordination to. under God, this is our only safety.
- In subjection or bondage to; ruled or influenced by; in a moral sense; within the dominion of.“They are all under sin” Romans 3:9“I keep under my body” 1 Corinthians 9:27
UN'DER, adjective
Lower in degree; subject; subordinate; as an under officer; under sheriff.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.