Strong's H8482 · Hebrew
תַּחְתִּי
tachtîy · /takh-tee'/
Definition
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
KJV: low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est), nether (part).
Root / derivation: from H8478 (תַּחַת);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered תַּחְתִּי across 19 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
19 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Job1 verse
Psalms4 verses
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
Psalms 86:13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. hell: or, grave
Psalms 88:6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Psalms 139:15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. substance: or, strength, or, body
Lamentations1 verse
Ezekiel6 verses
When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
Ezekiel 31:14To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. their trees: or, stand upon themselves for their height
Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
Ezekiel 31:18To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 32:18Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
Ezekiel 32:24There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H8482 (tachtîy) mean?
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
How many times does H8482 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H8482 (תַּחְתִּי) appears in 19 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “parts.”
How is tachtîy translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H8482 is rendered as “parts” (9×), “nether” (4×), “lowest” (3×), “lower” (2×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word תַּחְתִּי come from?
from H8478 (תַּחַת);