Bible Dictionary: Nether

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to upper.

Greek

2217. zophos -- deep gloom
... 2217 -- murky, appalling gloom, referring to darkness so dense and foreboding it
is "felt"; (figuratively) , associated with the nether world () bringing its ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5427. nether -- natron or carbonate of soda
... 5426, 5427. nether. 5428 . natron or carbonate of soda. Transliteration: nether
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-ther) Short Definition: lye. ... nether. 5428 . ...
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8482. tachti -- lower, lowest
... Definition lower, lowest NASB Word Usage beneath (3), depths (3), foot (1), lower
(4), lower parts (3), lowest (2), lowest part (1), lowest parts (1), nether (1 ...
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8481. tachton -- lower, lowest
... Tahath. Or tachton {takh-tone'}; from tachath; bottommost -- lower(-est),
nether(-most). see HEBREW tachath. 8480, 8481. tachton. 8482 . Strong's Numbers.
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8483. Tachtim Chodshi -- a place visited by Joab
... Word Origin probably from tachath and chodesh Definition a place visited by
Joab NASB Word Usage Tahtim-hodshi (1). low parts nether part. ...
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Library

Epistle xxvi. To Theoctista, Patrician
... also a watered land. And her father gave her the upper springs, and the
nether springs (Joshua 15:18) [1707] . For indeed Axa sits ...
/.../epistle xxvi to theoctista patrician.htm

Galilee
... "There is Galilee the upper, and Galilee the nether, and the valley. ... "Phoenice and
Syria compass both Galilees, both the upper and the nether, so called. ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 59 galilee.htm

The South Country. Judea Called 'the South,' in Respect of Galilee ...
... They said to him, "Go to, write to our brethren, the inhabitants of Upper Galilee,
and Nether Galilee, health: we certify you, that the time is come of ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 12 the south country.htm

Introduction
... Then Coleridge settled at Nether Stowey, by the Bristol Channel, partly for convenience
of neighbourhood to Thomas Poole, from whom he could borrow at need. ...
/.../coleridge/confessions of an inquiring spirit etc/introduction.htm

The Kingdome Apperteineth to Ovr God.
... of synnes. But nether of both can be done, except the conscience of the
offenders be accused and conuicted of transgression. For ...
/.../knox/the first blast of the trumpet/the kingdome apperteineth to ovr.htm

Then came the worde of the lorde vn to Ionas agayne
... And it was cried and commaunded in Niniue by [the] auctorite of [the] kinge and
of his lordes sayenge: se that nether man or beest/ oxe or shepe tast ought at ...
/.../tyndale/the prophete ionas with an introduccion/then came the worde of.htm

Some Other Memorable Places of the City.
... "Beginning from the tents of the Assyrians, where he encamped, he brought a trench
to the nether new city" (the Upper was the hill Bezetha, the Nether was a ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 35 some other memorable.htm

The Epistle of Judas
... the unbelieving, ^6 while the angels who abandoned their own domain, instead of
preserving their proper rank, are reserved by him within the nether gloom, in ...
/.../moffat/the general epistles james peter and judas/the epistle of judas.htm

Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
... him. And God does so. The powers of Nature"the earthquake and the nether
fire"shall punish these rebels; and so they do. 'And ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon xiii korah dathan and.htm

WT Vn to the Christen Reader.
... of like zele/ to make [the] scripture theyr awne possession & marchaundice: and
so shutt vpp the kingdome of heven which is Gods worde nether enteringe in them ...
/.../tyndale/the prophete ionas with an introduccion/w t vn to the.htm

Thesaurus

Nether (19 Occurrences)
...Nether (19 Occurrences). ... Exodus 19:17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the
camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. ...
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Nether-most (1 Occurrence)
Nether-most. Nethermost, Nether-most. Netherworld . Multi-Version
Concordance Nether-most (1 Occurrence). Psalms 88:6 ...
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Nether-world (41 Occurrences)
Nether-world. Netherworld, Nether-world. Nethinim . Multi-Version
Concordance Nether-world (41 Occurrences). Deuteronomy ...
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Millstone (9 Occurrences)
... The "nether" stone, always made of hard lava or basalt from the district of the
Hauran, was a large heavy slab varying in length from 1 1/2 ft. ...
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Beth-hor'on (12 Occurrences)
... Joshua 16:3 And it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the
border of Beth-horon the nether, even unto Gezer; and the goings out thereof ...
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Mill (9 Occurrences)
... used by the Hebrews consisted of two circular stones, each 2 feet in diameter and
half a foot thick, the lower of which was called the "nether millstone" (Job ...
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Bethhoron (12 Occurrences)
... They are distinguished as Beth-horon "the upper" and Beth-horon "the nether." They
are about 2 miles apart, the former being about 10 miles north-west of ...
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Beth-horon (12 Occurrences)
... They are distinguished as Beth-horon "the upper" and Beth-horon "the nether." They
are about 2 miles apart, the former being about 10 miles north-west of ...
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Overwhelming (5 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 28:15 Because ye have said: 'We have made a covenant with death, and with
the nether-world are we at agreement; when the scouring scourge shall pass ...
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Forms (24 Occurrences)
... Psalms 49:14 Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be
their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning ...
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Bible Concordance

Nether (19 Occurrences)

2 Peter 2:4 For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
(See RSV)

2 Peter 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
(See RSV)

Jude 1:6 Angels who didn't keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
(See RSV)

Jude 1:13 wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
(See RSV)

Exodus 19:17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Deuteronomy 24:6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
(KJV WBS)

Joshua 15:19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Joshua 16:3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Joshua 18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Judges 1:15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

1 Kings 9:17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

1 Chronicles 7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

2 Chronicles 8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Job 41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Ezekiel 26:20 then will I bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make thee to dwell in the nether parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living:
(See JPS ASV RSV)

Ezekiel 31:14 To 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.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Ezekiel 31:16 I 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.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Ezekiel 31:18 To 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.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Ezekiel 32:18 Son 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.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Nether

Related Terms

Nether-most (1 Occurrence)

Nether-world (41 Occurrences)

Millstone (9 Occurrences)

Beth-hor'on (12 Occurrences)

Mill (9 Occurrences)

Bethhoron (12 Occurrences)

Beth-horon (12 Occurrences)

Overwhelming (5 Occurrences)

Forms (24 Occurrences)