חוּץ chuts
Hebrew word for “outside” · Strong’s H2351 · used 164 times in 158 verses
Meaning
outside, outward, street, the outside
How it is translated
Glosses given for chuts in context, with how often each is used:
- outside 87
- streets 37
- outside towards 23
- street 11
- open places 3
- will be from the outside 1
- will be in the streets 1
- like the street 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 20 | 1.7 | |
| Ezekiel | 18 | 1.0 | |
| Jeremiah | 16 | 0.7 | |
| Numbers | 13 | 0.8 | |
| Genesis | 12 | 0.6 | |
| Exodus | 10 | 0.6 | |
| Deuteronomy | 8 | 0.6 | |
| Isaiah | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Lamentations | 7 | 4.5 | |
| 1 Kings | 6 | 0.5 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 6 | 0.5 | |
| Proverbs | 6 | 0.9 |
Also in 17 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 14 (6), Genesis 39 (4), Jeremiah 44 (4), Lamentations 4 (4), Ezekiel 40 (4), Genesis 24 (3), Leviticus 24 (3), Numbers 35 (3), Deuteronomy 23 (3), Ezekiel 41 (3)
Forms
- מחוץ 56
- בחוץ 17
- החוצה 16
- חוצות 14
- החוץ 7
- בחוצות 7
- ובחצות 7
- חוצה 6
- חוץ 6
- ומחוץ 5
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chuts more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מַחֲנֶה machaneh “camp” 29
- יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 35
- עִיר ir “city” 27
- רְחוֹב rechov “street/plaza” 9
- יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 15
- שָׂרַף saraph “to burn” 9
- עָפָר aphar “dust” 8
- מִן־ min “from” 14
- עַד ad “till” 13
- טִיט tit “mud” 5
- שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 11
- אֶבֶן even “stone” 8
Key verses
The verses using chuts that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 15:5 — And 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…
- 1 Kings 21:13 — And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the…
- 2 Kings 23:4 — And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD…
- Song of Solomon 8:1 — O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
- Isaiah 5:25 — Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did…
- Isaiah 10:6 — I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to…
- Jeremiah 5:1 — Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that…
- Jeremiah 37:21 — Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the…
- Jeremiah 44:17 — But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her,…
- Lamentations 2:19 — Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the…
- Micah 7:10 — Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be…
- Zechariah 10:5 — And 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,…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.