"a breast-plate, armor for the body, consisting of two parts, one covering the breast and the other the back, Eph. 6:14; 1 Thess. 5:8; Rev. 9:9, 17*"
Definition and meaning
a breast-plate, armor for the body, consisting of two parts, one covering the breast and the other the back, Eph. 6:14; 1 Thess. 5:8; Rev. 9:9, 17*
In the original Greek the word is written: θώραξ
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of thorax (G2382) across the King James Bible.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
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.
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.
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.
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Common questions
Strong's G2382 (thorax) is a Greek word that means: a breast-plate, armor for the body, consisting of two parts, one covering the breast and the other the back, Eph. 6:14; 1 Thess. 5:8; Rev. 9:9, 17* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word thorax (G2382) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2382 is thorax, a Greek word defined as: a breast-plate, armor for the body, consisting of two parts, one covering the breast and the other the back, Eph. 6:14; 1 Thess. 5:8; Rev. 9:9, 17*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
thorax is a Greek word found in the New Testament.