Lexicon
חוּץ
chuts
H2351
H:N-M Hebrew

outside

164
Occurrences
29
Books
Hebrew
Language

chuts marks what lies beyond a bounded place, and its plural forms can refer to a city’s streets.

The term most often marks a position or movement beyond a defined interior, such as a house, camp, city, curtain, or inner court. In plural forms, the supplied verses also use it for streets and public thoroughfares within a city.

Senses in use

  1. Beyond an enclosed or inner boundary · dominant

    The singular noun identifies a location beyond a specified interior: in Exodus 33:7 the APB renders Moses’ tent as set “outside the camp,” while in Exodus 26:35 the table stands “outside the curtain.” It also marks removal or placement beyond a city or building boundary, as in 2 Kings 23:6, and contrasts an inner court with its exterior in Ezekiel 40:44.

  2. City streets or public ways · common

    Plural forms designate the streets where public events occur. In Amos 5:16 the APB renders mourning “in all the streets,” and in Isaiah 24:11 it places an outcry there; Ezekiel 11:6 describes the city’s streets as filled with the slain.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “outside” for locations beyond camps, houses, cities, curtains, and courts. With plural forms in city scenes, it renders the term as “streets”; These renderings reflect the clauses rather than a fixed English equivalent.

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