What does θώραξ (thṓrax) mean in the Bible?
θώραξ (thṓrax): Protective armor for the chest; metaphorically righteousness or faith shields the Christian's heart from spiritual harm.
Greek · G2382
θώραξ
Breastplate
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θώραξG2382
Pronunciationthṓrax
What does θώραξ (thṓrax) mean in the Bible?
θώραξ (thṓrax): Protective armor for the chest; metaphorically righteousness or faith shields the Christian's heart from spiritual harm.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2382?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include breastplates (2), [the] breastplate (1), breastplate (1), breastplates [the colors of] (1).
Where does θώραξ (thṓrax) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 6:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), 1 Thessalonians (1), Ephesians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itbreastplates2×Revelation 9:9
[the] breastplate1×1 Thessalonians 5:8
breastplate1×Ephesians 6:14
breastplates [the colors of]1×Revelation 9:17
Show sample aligned rows
Ephesians 6:14θώρακαtobreastplateNoun - Accusative Masculine Singular1 Thessalonians 5:8θώρακαto[the] breastplateNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularRevelation 9:9θώρακαςtobreastplatesNoun - Accusative Masculine PluralRevelation 9:9θώρακαςtobreastplatesNoun - Accusative Masculine PluralRevelation 9:17θώρακαςtobreastplates [the colors of]Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowEphesians 6:14
Aligned rows5
Books represented3
Ephesians11 Thessalonians1Revelation3
Source forms
θώρακας3xthōrakasRevelation 9:9, Revelation 9:17
θώρακα2xthōrakaEphesians 6:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural3xRevelation 9:9, Revelation 9:17
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular2xEphesians 6:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Protective armor for the chest; metaphorically righteousness or faith shields the Christian's heart from spiritual harm.
Strong'sG2382
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms2 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkEphesians 6:14Source Gloss
breastplate
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 6:14Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
θώρακαqwraka
a breast-plate
Read verse1 Thessalonians 5:8Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
θώρακαqwraka
a breast-plate
Read verseRevelation 9:9Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
θώρακαςqwrakav
a breast-plate
Read verseRevelation 9:9Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
θώρακαςqwrakav
a breast-plate
Read verseRevelation 9:17Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
θώρακαςqwrakav
a breast-plate
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms5Case patternAccusative (5)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · MasculineRev 9:9 · Rev 9:173×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineEph 6:14 · 1 Thess 5:82×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Metaphorical armor of righteousness protecting the believer's heart
Metaphorical armor of faith and love protecting spiritual vitality
Literal armor worn by apocalyptic locusts in John's vision
Literal armor worn by apocalyptic horsemen in John's vision
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
θώραξ is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.