- Original: θώραξ
- Transliteration: Thorax
- Phonetic: tho'-rax
- Definition:
1. the breast, the part of the body from the neck to the navel, where the ribs end
2. a breastplate or corset consisting of two parts and protecting the body on both sides from the neck to the middle
- Origin: of uncertain affinity
- TDNT entry: 10:08,7
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine
- Strong's: Of uncertain affinity; the chest (thorax) that is (by implication) a corslet: - breastplate.
Total KJV Occurrences: 5
• breastplate, 2
Eph 6:14;
1 Thessalonians 5:8
• breastplates, 3
Revelation 9:9(2);
Revelation 9:17