- θώραξ
- θώραξ, ακος, ὁ① protective covering for the chest in combat, breastplate (so Hom.+; ChronLind 36; 41; 47; PPetr III, 6a, 28 [237 B.C.]; PGiss 47, 6; LXX; TestJud 3:5; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 115; Jos., Ant. 8, 414, Vi. 293; loanw. in rabb.) Rv 9:9b, 17.—Fig. ἐνδύεσθαι τὸν θώρακα τῆς δικαιοσύνης put on the breastplate of righteousness Eph 6:14 (cp. Is 59:17; Wsd 5:18). θ. πίστεως 1 Th 5:8.② the part of the body covered by the breastplate, the chest (Eur.; Pla., Tim. 69e; Aristot., Hist. An. 1, 7; Diod S 15, 87, 1; 5; Polyaenus 3, 9, 22) Rv 9:9a (though mng. 1 is not to be excluded).—B. 1399. DELG. M-M. TW.
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