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rechob . A broad open space, as the courtyard, the space near the gate devoted to public business (Deuteronomy 13:16), or before t he temple (Ezra 10:9; Esther 4:6). Particular trades gathered in certain quarters, as "the bakers' street" (Jeremiah 37:21). Chuts is a "narrow street" (Proverbs 5:16; Jeremiah 5:1) in contrast to the "broad street", rechob . Shuq like chuts is seemingly "the narrow street" distinguished from "the broad way," rechob , in Song of Solomon 3:2. Luke 14:21 plateia and rumee , "the streets and lanes." But shuq etymology means "a place of concourse", and rume is applied to the "straight" street of Damascus (Acts 9:11).
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Street'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/s/street.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Street'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/s/street.html. 1949.
