Lexical Definition

‎חוּץ‎ chûwts (khoots) outside ^H:N-M
or (shortened) חֻץ chuts (khoots); (both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever

abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.

• properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors

1) outside, outward, street, the outside

See Greek: ἔξοδος · ἔξω · ἔξωθεν · ἔξωθεν · ἔπαυλις · ὁδός

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‎חוּץ‎ noun [masculine] the outside, sometimes, especially in plural, specifically a street, never with suffix in singular, with ‎ָ  ה‎ locative ‎ח֫וּצָה‎, ‎חֻ֫צָה‎, plural ‎חוּצוֺת‎, ‎חֻצוֺת‎, with suffix ‎חוּצֹתָיו‎ etc., Isa 15:3 etc.; —

1. the outside, of a house, tent, city, camp, etc., often used, especially with prepositions, to express the adverb idea of outside, abroad (Aramaic synonym, except in sense 2 a, is ‎בַּר‎, ):
a. as accusative after verb of motion Deut 23:13* ‎יָצָא חוּץ‎ to go forth outside (that is, a camp), v.Deut 23:14* (as adverb accusative) ‎בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ‎ ‎חוּץ‎ outside, ‎הוֺצִיא הַחוּץ‎ to bring forth outside (a house or chamber) Judg 19:25; 2Sam 13:18 compare Neh 13:8; Judg 12:9b ‎בָּנוֺת הֵבִיא לְבָנָיו מִןהַֿחוּץ‎ from outside, from abroad, 2Kgs 4:3 ‎שַׁאֲלִילָֿךְ כֵּלִים מִןהַֿחוּץ‎ from outside (opposed to ‎בַּבַּיִת‎ v2Kgs 4:2); as genitive Lev 18:9 ‎מוֺלֶדֶת‎ ‎חוּץ‎ one born abroad (i.e. by another father or mother, of a half-sister: opposed to ‎מוֺלֶדֶת בַּיִת‎) Ezek 47:2 (twice in verse). With ‎ָ  ה‎ locative ‎חוּצָה‎, after a verb of motion Exod 12:46 ‎מִןהַֿבַּיִת ֗֗֗ חוּצָה‎, Prov 5:16 ‎חוּצָה לָעִיר‎ outside of the city, Num 35:4 ‎מִקִּיר הָעִיר‎ ‎וָחוּצָה‎ from the wall of the city and outwards; = on the outside, without 1Kgs 6:6; Isa 33:7 ‎צָֽעֲקוּ‎ ‎חוּצָה‎ cry without, 2Chr 24:8: so ‎הַחוּצָה‎ Gen 15:5 ‎׳‎‎וַיּוֺצֵא אֹתוֺ הח‎ and brought him outside, Gen 19:17; Gen 24:29; Josh 2:19 +, 1Kgs 8:8 ‎לֹא יֵרָאוּ הַחוּצָה‎ were not seen towards the outside, Deut 25:5 ‎לֹא תִהְיֶה אֵשֶׁת‎ ‎הַמֵּת הַחוּצָה לְאִישׁ זָר‎i.e. shall not be married into another family, compare Judg 12:9 a.
b. with preps.: a. ‎אלהֿחוץ‎ towards the outside Ezek 41:9, Ezek 34:21 pleonastic ‎אלהֿחוצה‎. b. ‎בחוץ‎ Gen 9:22 outside (opposed to ‎בְּתוֺךְ אָהֳלֹה‎ vGen 9:21), Gen 24:31 ‎לָמָּה תַעֲמֹד בַּחוץ‎, Deut 24:11; Exod 21:19 ‎אם יקום והתהלך בחוץ‎ (after leaving a sick couch), 2Kgs 10:24; Ps 31:12*; Ezek 7:15 (opposed to ‎מִבַּיִת‎), Hos 7:1 +. c. ‎לחוץ‎ Ps 41:7* ‎יצא לחוץ‎; = on the outside Ezek 41:17; Ezek 42:7, ‎לַחוּצָה‎ 2Chr 32:5 towards the outside. d. ‎מִחוּץ‎ on (‎מִן‎ 3 c) the outside Ezek 40:19; Ezek 46:2, ‎מִבַיִת וּמִחוּץ‎ within and without (of an ark, building, etc.) Gen 6:14; Exod 25:11 = Exod 37:2; 1Kgs 7:9; Deut 32:25 ‎מחוץ תְּשַׁכֶּלחֶֿרֶב‎ (opposed to ‎יּמֵחֲדָרִים‎ ‎אֵימָה‎), Lam 1:20 (compare Ezek 7:15 above b); so ‎מֵהַחוּץ‎ Ezek 41:25. ‎מִחוּץ לְ‎ on the outside of, Gen 19:16 ‎וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ מִחוּץ לָעִיר‎, Gen 24:11; Exod 26:35; Exod 37:7 (twice in verse); Lev 8:17; Lev 14:8; Num 35:5; Josh 6:23; Jer 21:4 +, even after a verb of motion 1Kgs 21:13 ‎וַיּוֺצִיאוּהוּ מִחוּץ לְעִיר‎, 2Kgs 23:6, though in this case ‎אל מחוץל‎ is more common, Lev 4:12; Lev 4:21 ‎אל מחוץ למחנה‎, Lev 6:4*; Lev 10:4; Lev 14:40; Lev 14:41 + often P, Deut 23:11*. e. ‎מִחוּצָה‎ Ezek 40:40 on the outside, ‎מִחוּצָה לְ‎ vEzek 40:44. f. (late) ‎חוּץ מִן‎ outside of, Eccl 2:25 who can eat, and who enjoy, ‎חוּץ מִמֶּנִּיִ‎ outside of me, i.e. except me? (but read rather, with ᵐ5 ᵑ6 De Now and others, ‎חוּץ מִמֶּנּוּ‎ apart from, without him, i.e. God). (So Late Hebrew ‎חוּץ מִן‎ except, without, see De^{Eccl 2:25.} compare The Aramaic synonym ‎בַּר מִן‎ except Exod 20:3 ᵑ7; apart from, without Isa 36:10 ᵑ7; Syriac id.)

2. Of a definite locality, namely
a. that which is outside the houses of a town, i.e. a street Isa 51:23 ‎כַּחוּץ לַעֹבְרִים‎, Jer 37:21 ‎חוּץ הָאֹפִים‎ the Bakers' street, Prov 1:20 ‎כַּחוּץ‎, (|| ‎כָּֽרְחֹבוֺת‎: so Prov 7:12; Prov 22:13; Jer 9:20*); often in plural, as ‎חוּצֹת אַשְׁקְלוֹן‎ the streets of Ashkelon 2Sam 1:20, ‎ירושׁלם‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Jer 5:1; Jer 7:17; Jer 7:34 + often Jeremiah; 1Kgs 20:34 ‎וְחֻצוֺת תָּשִׂיםלְֿךָ בְּדַמֶּשֶׂק‎ and streets (i.e. bazaars) shalt thou make thee in D., as my father made in Samaria (a concession involving the right of trading), Amos 5:16; Isa 15:3; Isa 24:11 (as scene of mourning), Isa 5:25; Jer 51:4; Ezek 11:6; Ezek 28:23 ( as filled with corpses of slain), ‎בְּראֹשׁ כָּלחֿוּצוֺת‎ i.e. in conspicuous places, Nah 3:10; Lam 2:19; Lam 4:1; Isa 51:20, ‎טִיט חוּצוֺת‎ mire of streets Zech 10:5 (trampled on by warriors), in simile, of foes trodden under foot, Ps 18:43*; Mic 7:10 ( so ‎׳‎‎כְּחֹמֶר ח‎ Isa 10:6), metaphor of cheapness and abundance Zech 9:3.
b. more generally, that which is outside enclosed cities, the open country, Job 18:17 ‎וְלאֹ‎ ‎שֵׁם לוֺ עַלפְּֿנֵיחֿוּץ‎ (see De), compare Prov 24:27 in the plural Job 5:10 ‎וְשֹׁלֵחַ מַיִם עַל פְנֵי חוּצוֺת‎, Prov 8:26; Ps 144:13 (as place where flocks abound).

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