STRONGS G2382:
θώραξ,
-ακος,
ὁ;
1. the breast, the part of the body from the neck to the navel, where the ribs end, (Aristotle, hist. an. 1, 7 [cf. 8, p. 491
a, 28]; Euripides, Plato, others):
Revelation 9:9 [some refer this to the next entry].
2. a breast-plate or
corselet consisting of two parts and protecting the body on both sides from the neck to the middle, (Homer, Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, others):
Revelation 9:9,
17;
ἐνδύεσθαι τ.
θώρακα τῆς δικαιοσύνης,
i. e. δικαιοσύνην ὡς θώρακα,
Ephesians 6:14;
θώρακα πίστεως,
i. e. πίστιν ὡς θώρακα,
1 Thessalonians 5:8, (
ἐνδύεσθαι δικαιοσύνην ὡς θώρακα,
Isaiah 59:17;
ἐνδθωρακα δικαιοσύνην, Wis. 5:19 (Wis. 5:18)).
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