Strong's Greek Concordance

G2382: θώραξ

thṓrax · “breastplate”

Definition

the chest ("thorax"), i.e. (by implication) a corslet

KJV translates it as: breast-plate

Word origin: of uncertain affinity;

Extended definition

θώραξ, -ακσς, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for שִׁרְיוֹן and cogn. forms ;]
a breastplate: Rev.9:9, 17; θ. τ. δικαιοσύνης, Eph.6:14 (cf. Isa.59:17, Wis.5:18-19); θ. πίστεως, 1Th.5:8.†
(AS)

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How G2382 is translated

  • breastplates ×3
  • breastplate ×1
  • the breastplate ×1

Bible verses with G2382 (thṓrax)

Thṓrax appears in 4 verses.

  • Ephesians 6:14

    Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:8

    But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

  • Revelation 9:9

    And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

  • Revelation 9:17

    And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.