What does עַיִן · תַּחַת mean in the Bible?
עַיִן · תַּחַת is a Hebrew phrase meaning "eye in place of eye".
Hebrew · H5869, H8478
עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן
An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) · the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of , etc.
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עַיִן H5869 an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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 עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן (ayin tachat ayin) mean in the Bible?
עַיִן · תַּחַת is a Hebrew phrase meaning "eye in place of eye".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5869, H8478?
H5869, H8478 is connected to 1,408 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. eye in place of eye
Strong's H5869, H8478
Lexical occurrences 1,408 verses Source Gloss
eye in place of eye
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן is a primitive word - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
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