What does אֶרֶץ · תַּחְתִּי mean in the Bible?
אֶרֶץ · תַּחְתִּי is a Hebrew phrase meaning "lower earth, underworld-like lower regions".
Hebrew · H776, H8482
אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּיּוֹת
The earth (at large, or partitively a land ) · lowermost ; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit , the womb )
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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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תַּחְתִּי H8482 lowermost ; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit , the womb )
What does אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּיּוֹת (ʾereṣ taḥtiyyôt) mean in the Bible?
אֶרֶץ · תַּחְתִּי is a Hebrew phrase meaning "lower earth, underworld-like lower regions".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H776, H8482?
H776, H8482 is connected to 2,524 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. lower earth, underworld-like lower regions
Strong's H776, H8482
Lexical occurrences 2,524 verses Source Gloss
lower earth, underworld-like lower regions
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