חִיצוֹן
chîytsôwn · khee-tsone'
properly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2434 (חַיִץ);
properly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)
- properly, the (outer) wall side
- hence, exterior
- figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: outer, outward, utter, without.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the hand that works › to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To separate and protect of the hand that works that works to pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חִיצוֹן 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and without3 · 12%
- into the utter3 · 12%
- without2 · 8%
- of the outward2 · 8%
- thereof were toward the utter2 · 8%
- were for the outward1 · 4%
- had the oversight of the outward1 · 4%
- into the outward1 · 4%
- even to the outer1 · 4%
- he me into the outward1 · 4%
- thereof were toward the outward1 · 4%
- which was for the utter1 · 4%
- the utter1 · 4%
- that were in the utter1 · 4%
- from the utter1 · 4%
- place into the utter1 · 4%
- even into the utter1 · 4%
- them not out into the utter1 · 4%
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.