# H8478 תַּחַת

תַּחַת (tachath), Strong’s H8478: the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc. KJV: as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same)…

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*tachath* — the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.

KJV: as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake…

Derived from [תּוֹחַ Tôwach](https://besorah.bible/word/H8430) (Toach, an Israelite)

Occurs 505 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- תַּחַת n.[m.] the under part, hence as adv. accus. and prep. underneath, below, instead of

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 1:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=7) — God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse…
- [Genesis 1:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=9) — God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.
- [Genesis 2:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=21) — The LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the…
- [Genesis 4:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=25) — Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child…
- [Genesis 6:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=17) — I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the…
- [Genesis 7:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/7?v=19) — The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
- [Genesis 16:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=9) — The LORD’s angel said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”
- [Genesis 18:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=4) — Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
- [Genesis 18:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=8) — He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and…
- [Genesis 21:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=15) — The water in the container was spent, and she put the child under one of the shrubs.