Midvash

חוּץchûwts

the outside, sometimes, especially in plural, specifically a street

Pronunciation: khoots · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2351

Meanings

1. the outside, of a house, tent, city, camp, etc., often used, especially with prepositions, to express the adverb idea of outside, abroad

a. outside (Deuteronomy 23:13; Deuteronomy 23:14; Judges 19:25)

b. a., towards the outside (Ezekiel 41:9; Ezekiel 34:21; Genesis 9:22)

2. Of a definite locality

a. a street (Isaiah 51:23; Jeremiah 37:21; Proverbs 1:20)

b. that which is outside enclosed cities, the open country (Job 18:17; Proverbs 24:27; Job 5:10)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 164 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 6:14 “Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior.
  • Genesis 9:22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers.
  • Genesis 15:5 Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!”
  • Genesis 19:16 When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the Lord was merciful.
  • Genesis 19:17 When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
  • Genesis 24:11 He made the camels kneel beside a well just outside the town. It was evening, and the women were coming out to draw water.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).