Hebrew word study

חוּץchûwts properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors

Pronounced “khoots

properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors

Translated in the King James as: abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.

Appears 162 times in Scripture

Origin: or (shortened) חֻץ; (both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever;

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Where it appears

Genesis 12×
Genesis 6:14Genesis 9:22Genesis 15:5Genesis 19:16Genesis 19:17Genesis 24:11Genesis 24:29Genesis 24:31Genesis 39:12Genesis 39:13Genesis 39:15Genesis 39:18
Exodus 10×
Exodus 12:46Exodus 21:19Exodus 25:11Exodus 26:35Exodus 27:21Exodus 29:14Exodus 33:7Exodus 37:2Exodus 40:22+ 1 more in Exodus
Leviticus 20×
Leviticus 4:12Leviticus 4:21Leviticus 6:11Leviticus 8:17Leviticus 9:11Leviticus 10:4Leviticus 10:5Leviticus 13:46Leviticus 14:3Leviticus 14:8Leviticus 14:40Leviticus 14:41Leviticus 14:45Leviticus 14:53Leviticus 16:27Leviticus 17:3Leviticus 18:9Leviticus 24:3Leviticus 24:14Leviticus 24:23
Numbers 13×
Numbers 5:3Numbers 5:4Numbers 12:14Numbers 12:15Numbers 15:35Numbers 15:36Numbers 19:3Numbers 19:9Numbers 31:13Numbers 31:19Numbers 35:4Numbers 35:5Numbers 35:27
Deuteronomy 8×
Deuteronomy 23:10Deuteronomy 23:12Deuteronomy 23:13Deuteronomy 24:11Deuteronomy 25:5Deuteronomy 32:25+ 2 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua 2×
Joshua 2:19Joshua 6:23
Judges 3×
Judges 12:9Judges 19:25+ 1 more in Judges
1 Samuel 1×
1 Sam 9:26
2 Samuel 4×
2 Sam 1:202 Sam 13:172 Sam 13:182 Sam 22:43
1 Kings 6×
1 Ki 6:61 Ki 7:91 Ki 8:81 Ki 20:341 Ki 21:13+ 1 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings 3×
2 Ki 10:242 Ki 23:42 Ki 23:6
2 Chronicles 6×
2 Chr 5:92 Chr 24:82 Chr 29:162 Chr 32:32 Chr 32:52 Chr 33:15
Ezra 1×
Ezra 10:13
Nehemiah 2×
Nehemiah 13:8Nehemiah 13:20
Job 3×
Job 5:10Job 18:17Job 31:32
Psalms 4×
Psalms 18:42Psalms 31:11Psalms 41:6Psalms 144:13
Proverbs 6×
Proverbs 1:20Proverbs 5:16Proverbs 7:12Proverbs 8:26Proverbs 22:13Proverbs 24:27
Ecclesiastes 1×
Eccles 2:25
Song of Solomon 1×
Song 8:1
Isaiah 8×
Isaiah 5:25Isaiah 10:6Isaiah 15:3Isaiah 24:11Isaiah 33:7Isaiah 42:2Isaiah 51:20Isaiah 51:23
Jeremiah 16×
Jeremiah 5:1Jeremiah 6:11Jeremiah 7:17Jeremiah 7:34Jeremiah 9:21Jeremiah 11:6Jeremiah 11:13Jeremiah 14:16Jeremiah 21:4Jeremiah 33:10Jeremiah 37:21Jeremiah 44:6Jeremiah 44:9Jeremiah 44:17Jeremiah 44:21Jeremiah 51:4
Lamentations 7×
Lam 1:20Lam 2:19Lam 2:21Lam 4:1Lam 4:5Lam 4:8Lam 4:14
Ezekiel 17×
Ezekiel 7:15Ezekiel 7:19Ezekiel 11:6Ezekiel 26:11Ezekiel 28:23Ezekiel 34:21Ezekiel 40:19Ezekiel 40:40Ezekiel 40:44Ezekiel 41:9Ezekiel 41:17Ezekiel 41:25Ezekiel 42:7Ezekiel 43:21Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 47:2+ 1 more in Ezekiel
Hosea 1×
Hosea 7:1
Amos 1×
Amos 5:16
Micah 1×
Micah 7:10
Nahum 2×
Nahum 2:4Nahum 3:10
Zephaniah 1×
Zeph 3:6
Zechariah 2×
Zech 9:3Zech 10:5

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