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Strong's H8476 תַּחַשׁ (tachash)

Tachash means “badger” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8476
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 14
Books 3

Strong's H8476 Quick Answer

Strong's H8476 תַּחַשׁ (tachash) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tachash (takh'-ash) n-m. 1. a (clean) animal with fur, probably a species of antelope [probably of foreign derivation] It has 14 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include badgers'. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
tachash (takh'-ash) n-m. 1. a (clean) animal with fur, probably a species of antelope [probably of foreign derivation]
Usage
14 linked usages
Books
3 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
badgers'

Meaning and Definition

tachash (takh'-ash) n-m. 1. a (clean) animal with fur, probably a species of antelope [probably of foreign derivation] KJV: badger.

Original Word
תַּחַשׁ
Transliteration
tachash
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8476. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

leather

Usage: 1) a kind of leather, skin, or animal hide 1a) perhaps the animal yielding the skin 1a1) perhaps the badger or dugong, dolphin, or sheep, or a now extinct animal

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How Strong's H8476 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tachash, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

badgers' Exodus 25:5 14×

How Strong's H8476 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 14 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8476 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H8476 in the Old Testament

14 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 25:5 KJV

And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

Exodus 26:14 KJV

And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins.

Exodus 35:7 KJV

And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

Usage Excerpts

First 14 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8476.

Exodus 25:5 Old Testament, KJV
And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
Exodus 26:14 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins.
Exodus 35:7 Old Testament, KJV
And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
Exodus 35:23 Old Testament, KJV
And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them.
Exodus 36:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.
Exodus 39:34 Old Testament, KJV
And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,
Numbers 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Numbers 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Numbers 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
Numbers 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
Numbers 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:
Numbers 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
Numbers 4:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
Ezekiel 16:10 Old Testament, KJV
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8476, grouped by book.

Exodus 6 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 7 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H8476 FAQ

What does tachash (תַּחַשׁ) mean?

Tachash (Strong's H8476) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "badger". tachash (takh'-ash) n-m. 1. a (clean) animal with fur, probably a species of antelope [probably of foreign derivation]

How many times is tachash (תַּחַשׁ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 14 linked usages for Strong's H8476 across 3 books.

Where can I study tachash (תַּחַשׁ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8476 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate tachash (תַּחַשׁ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as badgers'. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.