thōrax · breastplate

What it means

thōrax (θώραξ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “breastplate”.

The armor that protects the chest.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Armour protecting the chest.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• breastplates ×3
• breastplate ×2

Where it appears

• Ephesians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• Revelation×3

• Ephesians 6:14

  Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

• 1 Thessalonians 5:8

  But we, since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.

• Revelation 9:9

  and they had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses rushing into battle.

• Revelation 9:17

  And this is how I saw the horses in the vision and those who sat on them, having breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of sulfur; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths come fire and smoke and sulfur.

And 1 more times.