noun · masculine
thōrakos
Strong’sG2382
a breast-plate
stem thōrak-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
θώραξ, -ακσς, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for שִׁרְיוֹן and cogn. forms;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2382 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtho'-rax
the chest ("thorax"), i.e. (by implication) a corslet
Fromof uncertain affinity;
King Jamesbreast-plate.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect θώρηξ, ηκος, Aeolic dialect θόρραξ Refs 7th c.BC+, ὁ:— corslet, θ. χάλκεος Refs 8th c.BC+; ὅθι διπλόος ἤντετο θRefs; linen jerkin (not worn by Homeric Greeks accusative to Refs 8th c.BC+
2 coat of mail, scale armour, θ. χρύσεος λεπιδωτός Refs 5th c.BC+; of chain mail, see at {ἁλυσιδωτός}.
2.b slough of a serpent, καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θ. Refs 3rd c.AD+
II part covered by the θώραξ Refs, trunk, Refs 5th c.BC+; sometimes taken as extending below the midriff, Refs 5th c.BC+, of the abdominal cavity, Refs 2nd c.AD+; but also of the chest, thorax, Refs 4th c.BC+:—there is a play on significations Refs 5th c.BC+
II.b thorax of crustaceans, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 bandage for the chest, Refs 1st c.AD+
III ={θωράκιον} 11, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | thōrakos | thōrakois |
| object accusative | thōrakon2×θώρακα | thōrakoin3×θώρακας |
| direct address vocative | thōrakor | thōrakoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | thōrakou | thōrakoiu |
| to, for dative | thōrako | thōrakoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
thōrako is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
thōrakon“breastplate”objectaccusative singular2×
Ephesians 6:14… vu en alētheia, kai enduerantois ton thōrakon tau dikaiosunau,… buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
1 Thessalonians 5:8nis de hēmerau arōntois nēfaneiō, enduerantois thōrakon pistiau kai agapau kai perikefalaian elpidan …… us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the …
thōrakoin“breastplates”objectaccusative plural3×
Revelation 9:9kai echale thōrakoin hōs thōrakoin sidērouoin, kai tas fōnas …They also had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the …
Revelation 9:9kai echale thōrakoin hōs thōrakoin sidērouoin, kai tas fōnas taiu pterugaiu …They also had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of …
Revelation 9:17… kai toin kathorōntoin epi autoiu, echarōntoin thōrakoin purinoin kai huakinthinoin kai theiōdoin; kai …… looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and …