Lexical Definition

‎חִיצוֹן‎ chîytsôwn (khee-tsone') outer ^H:A
from ‎חַיִץ‎

outer, outward, utter, without.

• properly, the (outer) wall side
• hence, exterior
• figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)

1) outer, external, outward

See Greek: ἐξώτερος · ἐσώτερος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חִיצוֺן‎ adjective outer, external (opposed to ‎פְּנִימִי‎) feminine ‎חִיצוֺנָה‎ (for ‎חוֺצוֺן‎, by dissimilation, Ba^{NB xxix} Phil^{BAS ii. 2. 362} Ges^{«GKC:27»§ 27}. 3 R 6) —

1. 2Kgs 16:18 ‎מְבוֺא הִמֶלֶךְ‎ ‎הַחִיצוֺנָה‎ the outer entry of the king (namely to the Temple), Ezek 44:1 the outer gate of the sanctuary, ‎החצר החיצונךְ‎ the outer court (of the Temple) Ezek 10:5; Ezek 40:17; Ezek 40:20; Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37; Ezek 42:1; Ezek 42:3; Ezek 42:7; Ezek 42:8; Ezek 42:9; Ezek 42:14; Ezek 44:19; Ezek 44:1; Ezek 46:9; Ezek 46:20; Ezek 46:21, compare Esth 6:4 (of Ahasuerus'palace), 2Chr 33:14 ‎׳‎‎חוֺמָה ח‎ an outer wall (built by Manasseh for the ‎עִיר דָּוִיד‎); ‎הַחִיצוֺן‎ absolute, in ‎לַחִיצוֺן‎ 1Kgs 6:29; 1Kgs 6:30, ‎בַּחִיצוֺן‎ Ezek 41:17 (‎הַבַּיִת‎ being understood) of the outer (part of the Temple), i.e. the Holy Place (compare ‎פְּנִימִי‎, ‎פְּנִימָה‎, of the Holy of holies).

2. figurative outward, external ‎הַמְּלָאכָה הַחִיצוֺנָה‎ Neh 11:16; 1Chr 26:29, of business not distinctively sacred, in which Levites were engaged (compare The Late Hebrew use of ‎׳‎‎ח‎ to denote extra-canonical, as Sanh. 1Chr 10:1 [Jost, 1Chr 11:1 Surenh.] ‎ספרים החיצונים‎).

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