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Deuteronomy 32:25

“The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חוּץchûwts · khoots
H2351 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
Derivation: or (shortened) חֻץ; (both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever;
KJV renderings: abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
Grammar: מִ — preposition
חוּץ֙ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HR/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 164 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:14 Genesis 9:22 Genesis 15:5 Genesis 19:16 Genesis 19:17

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חוּץ here.

Verse 24 Verse 26

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.