Thṓrax — G2382

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. the breast, the part of the body from the neck to the navel, where the ribs end
2. a breast-plate or corselet consisting of two parts and protecting the body on both sides from the neck to the middle
1. text. Elz. etc., p. xviii

Usually translated as

breast-plate

Origin

of uncertain affinity

Occurrences

Thṓrax occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ephesians (1), 1 Thessalonians (1), Revelation (2)

• Ephesians 6:14 — Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate (θώρακα) of righteousness;
• 1 Thessalonians 5:8 — But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate (θώρακα) of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
• Revelation 9:9 — And they had breastplates (θώρακας), 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 9:9 — And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates (θώρακας) 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 (θώρακας) 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.