Lower
תַּחְתִּיStrong’s H8482tachti (tach-ti)
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tachti is the Hebrew word usually translated “lowest”, “lowest parts” and “lower”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
“A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.”
Meaning
- Low, lower, lowestlowest (as adj) · the lower parts (subst)
How it's translated
- lowest 5
- lowest parts 5
- lower 4
- in lower parts of 2
- at lower part of 1
- from lower parts 1
- o lower parts of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 6
- Psalms 4
- Genesis 1
- Exodus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
- Joshua 1
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 19:17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
- Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- Joshua 15:19Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
- Judges 1:15And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
- Nehemiah 4:13Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
- Job 41:24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
Hebrew dictionary
תַּחְתִּי tachti · lower
1) low, lower, lowest 1a) lowest (as adj) 1b) the lower parts (subst)
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.