Lexicon chitson: outer, external Original Word: חִיצוֹןPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: chitson Phonetic Spelling: (khee-tsone') Short Definition: outer NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as chutsDefinitionouter, external NASB Translationouter (22), outside (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs חִיצוֺן adjective outer, external (opposed to מְּנִימִי) feminine חִיצוֺנָה (for חוֺצוֺן, by dissimilation, Ba NB xxix Phil BAS ii. 2. 362 Ges § 27. 3 R 6) — 1 2 Kings 16:18 מְבוֺא הִמֶלֶךְ הַחִיצוֺנָה the outer entry of the king (namely to the Temple), Ezekiel 44:1 the outer gate of the sanctuary, החצר החיצונךְ the outer court (of the Temple) Ezekiel 10:5; Ezekiel 40:17,20,31,34,37; Ezekiel 42:1,3,7,8,9,14; Ezekiel 44:19,1; Ezekiel 46:9,20,21, compare Esther 6:4 (of Ahasuerus'palace), 2 Chronicles 33:14 ׳חוֺמָה ח an outer wall (built by Manasseh for the עִיר דָּוִיד); הַחִיצוֺן absolute, in לַחִיצוֺן 1 Kings 6:29,30, בַּחִיצוֺן Ezekiel 41:17 (הַבַּיִת being understood) of the outer (part of the Temple), i.e. the Holy Place (compare מְּנִימִי, מְּנִימָה, of the Holy of holies). 2 figurative outward, external הַמְּלָאכָה הַחִיצוֺנָה Nehemiah 11:16; 1 Chronicles 26:29, of business not distinctively sacred, in which Levites were engaged (compare The Late Hebrew use of ׳ח to denote extra-canonical, as Sanh. 1 Chronicles 10:1 [Jost, 1 Chronicles 11:1 Surenh.] ספרים החיצונים). II. חוץ (√ of following; compare Arabic  sew together, Aramaic  bind, compress, σφίγγειν,  bandage:  IV. encompass,  wall, which is often compared, does not correspond phonetically).
Strong's outer, outward, utter, without From chayits; properly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred) -- outer, outward, utter, without. see HEBREW chayits |
