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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θώραξ G2382
Pronunciation thṓrax
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 It breastplates 2× Revelation 9:9
[the] breastplate 1× 1 Thessalonians 5:8
breastplate 1× Ephesians 6:14
breastplates [the colors of] 1× Revelation 9:17
Show sample aligned rows
Ephesians 6:14 θώρακα to breastplate Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1 Thessalonians 5:8 θώρακα to [the] breastplate Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Revelation 9:9 θώρακας to breastplates Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Revelation 9:9 θώρακας to breastplates Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Revelation 9:17 θώρακας to breastplates [the colors of] Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Ephesians 6:14
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Ephesians 1 1 Thessalonians 1 Revelation 3
Source forms
θώρακας 3x thōrakas Revelation 9:9, Revelation 9:17
θώρακα 2x thōraka Ephesians 6:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 3x Revelation 9:9, Revelation 9:17
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Ephesians 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's G2382
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 6:14 Source Gloss
breastplate
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 6:14 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
θώρακα qwraka
a breast-plate
Read verse 1 Thessalonians 5:8 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
θώρακα qwraka
a breast-plate
Read verse Revelation 9:9 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
θώρακας qwrakav
a breast-plate
Read verse Revelation 9:9 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
θώρακας qwrakav
a breast-plate
Read verse Revelation 9:17 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
θώρακας qwrakav
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Rev 9:9 · Rev 9:17 3×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Eph 6:14 · 1 Thess 5:8 2×
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.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain