חוּץ
chûwts · khoots
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) חֻץ; (both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever;
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path
To separate and protect that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חוּץ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
164 occurrences · 164 OT · 0 NT · 79 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- without43 · 34%
- abroad18 · 14%
- out12 · 9%
- in the streets8 · 6%
- and in the streets7 · 6%
- and without6 · 5%
- of the streets6 · 5%
- them without3 · 2%
- in the street3 · 2%
- from without2 · 2%
- it without2 · 2%
- of all the streets2 · 2%
- him without2 · 2%
- of every street2 · 2%
- into the street1 · 1%
- shall not marry without1 · 1%
- and outward1 · 1%
- unto kirjathhuzoth1 · 1%
- it out1 · 1%
- off without1 · 1%
- which was without1 · 1%
- thyself abroad1 · 1%
- forth1 · 1%
- him out1 · 1%
- thou without1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.