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# חִיצוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2435

**outer** — used 25 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

outer [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2435/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חִיצוֹן: adj. outer, external [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2435/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. outer, external (opp. פְּנִימִי) f. חִיצוֹנָה (for חוֹצוֹן, by dissim., BaNB xxix PhilBAS ii. 2. 362 Ges§ 27. 3 R 6)— 2 K 16:18 מְבוֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ הַחִיצוֹנָה the outer entry of the king (viz. to the Temple), Ez 44:1 the outer gate of the sanctuary, החצר החיצונה the outer court (of the Temple) Ez 10:5 40:17, 20, 31, 34, 37; 42:1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 14; 44:19, 1; 46:9, 20, 21, cf. Est 6:4 (of Ahasuerus’ palace), 2 Ch 33:14 חוֹמָה ח׳ an outer wall (built by Manasseh for the עִיר דָּוִיד); הַחִיצוֹן absol., in לַחִיצוֹן 1 K 6:29, 30, בַּחִיצוֹן Ez 41:17 (הַבַּיִת being understood) of the outer (part of the Temple), i.e. the Holy Place (cf. פְּנִימִי, פְּנִימָה, of the Holy of holies). fig. outward, external הַמְּלָאבָה הַחִיצוֹנָה Ne 11:16 1 Ch 26:29, of business not distinctively sacred, in which Levites were engaged (cf. the NH use of ח׳ to denote extra-canonical, as Sanh. 10:1 \[Jost, 11:1 Surenh.\] ספרים החיצונים).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: outer (22); \[part\] (1); external (1).

## In the verses

[1 Kings 6:30](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.30/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.30/#tree)

וְאֶת־קַרְקַ֥ע הַבַּ֖יִת צִפָּ֣ה זָהָ֑ב לִפְנִ֖ימָה וְלַחִיצֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.floor of the.house he.overlaid gold to within and to the outer

*JPS 1917:* And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

[Ezekiel 44:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.1/#tree)

וַיָּ֣שֶׁב אֹתִ֗י דֶּ֣רֶךְ שַׁ֤עַר הַמִּקְדָּשׁ֙ הַֽחִיצ֔וֹן הַפֹּנֶ֖ה קָדִ֑ים וְה֖וּא סָגֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* and he.brought.back me the.way of.the.gate of the.sanctuary (the) outer \[which\] faces east and it \[was\].shut

*JPS 1917:* Then he brought me back the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2435/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).