Outside
חוּץStrong’s H2351chuts
Appears in 158 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chuts is the Hebrew word usually translated “from outside”, “outside towards” and “streets”. It appears in 158 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.”
Meaning
- Outside, outward, street, the outside
How it's translated
- from outside 55
- the outside towards 15
- streets 13
- on the outside 9
- in the street 8
- outside towards 7
- the outside 7
- and in streets of 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 20
- Ezekiel 17
- Jeremiah 16
- Numbers 13
- Genesis 12
- Exodus 9
29 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 10:5In contextAnd they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
- Genesis 6:14Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
- Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- Genesis 15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
- Genesis 19:16And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
- Genesis 19:17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
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Hebrew dictionary
חוּץ chuts · outside
outside, outward, street, the outside
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “outside” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OUTSI'DE, noun
- The external part of a thing; the part, end or side which forms the surface or superficies.
- Superficial appearance; exterior; as the outside of a man or of manners.
- Person; external man.
- The part or place that lies without or beyond an inclosure.
All definitions
- The utmost.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.