Strong G2382θώραξ
breastplate
- Transliteration
- thōrax
- Pronunciation
- tho'-rax
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; the chest (thorax) that is (by implication) a corslet: - breastplate.
Detailed 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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G2382 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- breastplate4
First verses
- Ephesians 6:14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8But 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 9:9And 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 9:17And 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.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
θώραξ, ᾱκος,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect θώρηξ, ηκος, Aeolic dialect θόρραξ [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15 (codices 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus))], ὁ:— corslet, θ. χάλκεος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.560; παναίολος 11.374; πολυδαίδαλος 4.136, compare 11.19, etc.; δεκάμνουν θώρηκος κύτος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1224; ἔξαιρε παῖ θώρακα.. τὸν χοᾶ [prev. author] “Ach.” 1133; θ... γυάλοισιν ἀρηρώς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.529 (γύαλα explained as front- and back-piece fastened with περόναι, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.26.5); θώρηκος γύαλον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.99)]; ὅθι διπλόος ἤντετο θ[Refs (. 4.133; κατὰ ζώνην θώρηκος ἔνερθε 11.234)]; linen jerkin (not worn by Homeric Greeks accusative to [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.529, but compare λινοθώρηξ), θόρρακες νέω λίνω 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus [same place], compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.182, 3.47, “Chron.Lind.” C. 36, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.19.7.)]
2 coat of mail, scale armour, θ. χρύσεος λεπιδωτός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.22, compare 74; φολιδωτός 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 26.7, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.21.6)]; of chain mail, see at {ἁλυσιδωτός}.
2.b slough of a serpent, καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “adversus Christianos - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 88.)]
II part covered by the θώραξ [Refs (1)], trunk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 10, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1095, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 493a5; κεφαλῆς καὶ θώρακος καὶ τῆς κάτω κοιλίας [prev. author] “Pr.” 962a34)]; sometimes taken as extending below the midriff, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 69e; ἀπ᾽ αὐχένος μέχρι αἰδοίων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 491a30, compare “PA” 686b5, ἐν τῷ κάτω θώρακος χωρίῳ)], of the abdominal cavity, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.448)]; but also of the chest, thorax, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 493a17)]:—there is a play on significations [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1 and 11 in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1194f)]
II.b thorax of crustaceans, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 601a13, +others)]
II.2 bandage for the chest, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.48 at Title Page, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de fasciis - Opera Hippocratis et Galeni” 33, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).817.)]
III ={θωράκιον} 11, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.181, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 74.10.)]
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect θώρηξ, ηκος, Aeolic dialect θόρραξ [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15 (codices 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus))], ὁ:— corslet, θ. χάλκεος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.560; παναίολος 11.374; πολυδαίδαλος 4.136, compare 11.19, etc.; δεκάμνουν θώρηκος κύτος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1224; ἔξαιρε παῖ θώρακα.. τὸν χοᾶ [prev. author] “Ach.” 1133; θ... γυάλοισιν ἀρηρώς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.529 (γύαλα explained as front- and back-piece fastened with περόναι, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.26.5); θώρηκος γύαλον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.99)]; ὅθι διπλόος ἤντετο θ[Refs (. 4.133; κατὰ ζώνην θώρηκος ἔνερθε 11.234)]; linen jerkin (not worn by Homeric Greeks accusative to [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.529, but compare λινοθώρηξ), θόρρακες νέω λίνω 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus [same place], compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.182, 3.47, “Chron.Lind.” C. 36, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.19.7.)]
2 coat of mail, scale armour, θ. χρύσεος λεπιδωτός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.22, compare 74; φολιδωτός 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 26.7, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.21.6)]; of chain mail, see at {ἁλυσιδωτός}.
2.b slough of a serpent, καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “adversus Christianos - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 88.)]
II part covered by the θώραξ [Refs (1)], trunk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 10, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1095, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 493a5; κεφαλῆς καὶ θώρακος καὶ τῆς κάτω κοιλίας [prev. author] “Pr.” 962a34)]; sometimes taken as extending below the midriff, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 69e; ἀπ᾽ αὐχένος μέχρι αἰδοίων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 491a30, compare “PA” 686b5, ἐν τῷ κάτω θώρακος χωρίῳ)], of the abdominal cavity, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.448)]; but also of the chest, thorax, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 493a17)]:—there is a play on significations [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1 and 11 in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1194f)]
II.b thorax of crustaceans, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 601a13, +others)]
II.2 bandage for the chest, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.48 at Title Page, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de fasciis - Opera Hippocratis et Galeni” 33, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).817.)]
III ={θωράκιον} 11, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.181, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 74.10.)]