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תְּחוֹתStrong’s H8478

techot (te-chot)

Appears in 450 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Techot is the Hebrew word usually translated “under”, “place of” and “place of him”. It appears in 450 verses of the Old Testament.

“Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.”
Daniel 8:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. Under
  2. The under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n mthe under part adv accus · beneath prep · under, beneath · what is under one, the place in which one stands
How it's translated
  • under 164
  • in place of 82
  • in place of him 73
  • from under 35
  • and under 17
  • in place its 12
  • because 12
  • in place of them 12

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Kings 40
  • 1 Kings 39
  • Exodus 34
  • Ecclesiastes 31
  • Genesis 30
  • 2 Chronicles 27

36 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 450 verses, by book
Ruth 1
2:12
Nehemiah 1
2:14
Esther 2
2:42:17
Song of Solomon 4
2:64:118:38:5
Lamentations 2
3:343:66
Daniel 3
8:88:229:12
Hosea 2
4:124:13
Joel 1
1:17
Amos 2
2:92:13
Obadiah 1
1:7
Jonah 1
4:5
Micah 2
1:44:4
Habakkuk 2
3:73:16
Zephaniah 1
2:10
Malachi 1
4:3
Hebrew dictionary

תְּחוֹת techot · under

under Aramaic of ta.chat (תַּחַת ": under" H8478)

תַּחַת tachat · underneath

: under/below 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 …

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

  1. Beneath; below; so as to have something over or above.
  2. 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
  3. In a less degree than.
  4. For less than.
All definitions and other forms of “under”
  1. Less than; below.
  2. With the pretense of; with the cover or pretext of.
  3. With less than.
  4. In a degree, state or rank inferior to.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. In a state of liability or obligation.
  8. In the state of bearing and being known by; as men trading under the firm of Wright _ Co.
  9. In the state of; in the enjoyment or possession of.
  10. During the time of.
  11. Not having reached or arrived to; below.
  12. Represented by; in the form of.
  13. In the state of protection or defense. under favor of the prince, our author was promoted.
  14. As bearing a particular character.
  15. Being contained or comprehended in.
  16. Attested by; signed by.
  17. In a state of being handled, treated or discussed, or of being the subject of.
  18. In subordination to. under God, this is our only safety.
  19. 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.