Bible dictionaries
Outcast
What Bible dictionaries say about “Outcast”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Outcast - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
OUT'CAST, pp. or a. Cast out; thrown away; rejected as useless.
OUT'CAST, n. One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home or country. Isa 16.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
out'-kast: Represents some form of dachah, or nadhach, both meaning "thrust out." In Jer 30:17 "outcast" means "thrust out of society," "degraded person"; elsewhere it means "exile" (Ps 147:2; Isa 16:3 f; Jer 49:36).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915