Lower
תַּחְתּוֹןStrong’s H8481tachton (tach-ton)
Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tachton is the Hebrew word usually translated “lower” and “more than the lower”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
“And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea.”
Meaning
- Combined with bet cho.ron (בֵּית חוֹרֹן "Beth-horon" H1032)
- Lower, lowest, nether
How it's translated
- lower 10
- more than the lower 2
- the lower 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 6
- Joshua 2
- 1 Kings 2
- 1 Chronicles 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Isaiah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 18:13And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
- 1 Kings 6:6The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
- 1 Kings 9:17And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
- 1 Chronicles 7:24(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
- 2 Chronicles 8:5Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
- Isaiah 22:9Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Hebrew dictionary
תַּחְתּוֹן tachton · Lower (Beth Horon)
Combined with bet cho.ron (בֵּית חוֹרֹן "Beth-horon" H1032) § lower, lowest, nether Another name of bet cho.ron (בֵּית חוֹרֹן "Beth-horon" H1032G)
תַּחְתּוֹן tachton · lower
lower, lowest, nether
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lower” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LOWER, verb transitive
[from low.]
- To cause to descend; to let down; to take or bring down; as, to lower the main-sail of a sloop.
- To suffer to sink downwards.
- To bring down; to reduce or humble; as, to lower the pride of man.
- To lessen; to diminish; to reduce, as value or amount; as, to lower the price or value of goods, or the rate of interest.
All definitions and other forms of “lower”
LOWER, verb intransitive
To fall; to sink; to grow less.
LOW'ER, verb intransitive
- To appear dark or gloomy; to be clouded; to threaten a storm.
- To frown; to look sullen.
LOW'ER, noun
- Cloudiness; gloominess.
- A frowning; sullenness.
LOWER, adjective
[comparative of low.]
Less high or elevated.
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.