חִיצוֹן chîytsôwn

Meaning

properly, the (outer) wall side; hence, exterior; figuratively, secular (as opposed to sacred)

In the King James Version: outer, outward, utter, without.

Derivation: from H2434 (חַיִץ);

Where it is used

• 1 Kings 6:29 Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
• 1 Kings 6:30 And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.
• 2 Kings 16:18 And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.
• 1 Chronicles 26:29 From the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons had the outside duties as officers and judges over Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 33:14 After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
• Nehemiah 11:16 Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
• Esther 6:4 “Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
• Ezekiel 10:5 The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.
• Ezekiel 40:17 Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,
• Ezekiel 40:20 He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.
• Ezekiel 40:31 Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
• Ezekiel 40:34 Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
• Ezekiel 40:37 Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
• Ezekiel 41:17 In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary on all the walls, spaced evenly around the inner and outer sanctuary,
• Ezekiel 42:1 Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.
• Ezekiel 42:3 Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.
• Ezekiel 42:7 An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.
• Ezekiel 42:8 For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.
• Ezekiel 42:9 And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.
• Ezekiel 42:14 Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”
• Ezekiel 44:1 The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east, but it was shut.
• Ezekiel 44:19 When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.
• Ezekiel 46:20 and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”
• Ezekiel 46:21 Then he brought me into the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw a separate court in each of its corners.