Chuts means the outside, the open space, or the street — the area beyond a building or city wall. It functions both as a noun ("the street," "the open field") and an adverb ("outside," "without"). Appearing about 164 times, it is often used in the phrase ba-chuts ("in the street/outside") to contrast interior sacred or domestic space with the public realm.
In biblical theology, the outside (chuts) can be a place of exposure, shame, and danger (Proverbs 22:13), but also a place of bold proclamation. Wisdom cries out in the streets (Proverbs 1:20). Jesus suffered "outside the gate" (Hebrews 13:12–13), bearing the shame of the excluded. This inverts the inside/outside dynamic: the Holy One went to the chuts so the outcast could come in.