Definition

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

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

• abroad
• field
• forth
• highway
• more
• out(-side
• -ward)
• street
• without

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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