חִיצוֹן chitson

Hebrew word for “outer” · Strong’s H2435 · used 25 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

outer, external, outward

How it is translated

Glosses given for chitson in context, with how often each is used:

• outer 22
• outside 1
• external 1
• outer part 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 42 (6), Ezekiel 40 (5), 1 Kings 6 (2), Ezekiel 44 (2), Ezekiel 46 (2), 2 Kings 16 (1), 1 Chronicles 26 (1), 2 Chronicles 33 (1), Nehemiah 11 (1), Esther 6 (1)

Forms

• החיצונה 13
• החיצנה 3
• החצונה 3
• ולחיצון 2
• חיצונה 1
• ובחיצון 1
• החצנה 1
• החיצון 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chitson more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חָצֵר chatser “court” 16
• לִשְׁכָּה lishkah “chamber” 6
• תִּמֹרָה timrah “palm” 4
• מַעֲלֶה maaleh “ascent” 3
• מַעֲלָה maalah “step” 3
• אֹרֶךְ orekh “length” 3
• רִצְפָּה ritspah “pavement” 2
• שְׁמֹנֶה shemoneh “eight” 3
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 5
• אֵילָם elam “arches” 2
• אַיִל ayil “ram” 3
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 4

Key verses

The verses using chitson that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Kings 6:29 — And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
• 1 Chronicles 26:29 — Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
• 2 Chronicles 33:14 — Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed…
• Esther 6:4 — And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows…
• Ezekiel 10:5 — And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
• Ezekiel 40:17 — Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
• Ezekiel 42:1 — Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which…
• Ezekiel 42:3 — Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in…
• Ezekiel 42:14 — When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they…
• Ezekiel 44:1 — Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
• Ezekiel 44:19 — And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them…
• Ezekiel 46:20 — Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that…

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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.