What does אֶרֶץ · תַּחַת mean in the Bible?
אֶרֶץ · תַּחַת is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the earth (at large, or partitively a land )".
Hebrew · H776, H8478
אָרֶץ מִתָּחַת
The earth (at large, or partitively a land ) · the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of , etc.
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אֶרֶץ H776 the earth (at large, or partitively a land )
Pronunciation erets
Physical ground and soil extend metaphorically to inhabited territory, nation, and cosmic order under divine rule.
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תַּחַת H8478 the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of , etc.
Pronunciation tachtav
Spatial foundation shifting to substitution: beneath becomes "in place of" or "instead of" through positional logic.
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What does אָרֶץ מִתָּחַת (arets mittachat) mean in the Bible?
אֶרֶץ · תַּחַת is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the earth (at large, or partitively a land )".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H776, H8478?
H776, H8478 is connected to 3,016 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. the earth (at large, or partitively a land )
Strong's H776, H8478
Lexical occurrences 3,016 verses Source Gloss
the earth (at large, or partitively a land )
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain