2001 Translation

THŌRAKA, thōraka

Sounds Like: tho-RAH-kah

Translations: breastplate, a breastplate, cuirass, a cuirass

From the root: ΘΩΡΑΞ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a breastplate or cuirass, a piece of defensive armor worn on the torso to protect the chest and back. It was commonly used by soldiers in ancient warfare. It is typically used as a direct object in a sentence.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2382 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:25

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Maccabees — 3:3
• Job — 41:18
• Wisdom — 5:18
• Sirach — 43:20
• Isaiah — 59:17
• Ephesians — 6:14
• 1 Thessalonians — 5:8

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 6 — 9:171, 9:184
• Book 7 — 11:283, 12:299

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Five — 2:15

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 56:293

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Samuel — 17:5
• 1 Maccabees — 3:3
• Job — 41:17
• Wisdom — 5:18
• Sirach — 43:20
• Isaiah — 59:17

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Ephesians — 6:14
• 1 Thessalonians — 5:8

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΩΡΑΞ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΘΩΡΑΚΑΣ — breastplates, cuirasses, armor
• ΘΩΡΑΚΕΣ — breastplates, cuirasses, armor
• ΘΩΡΑΚΙ — to a breastplate, to a cuirass, to armor, to a breast-piece
• ΘΩΡΑΚΟΣ — of a breastplate, of the chest, of a cuirass
• ΘΩΡΑΞ — breastplate, a breastplate, cuirass, corselet
• ΘΩΡΑΞΙ — to breastplates, with breastplates, for breastplates
• ΘΩΡΑΞΙΝ — breastplates, coats of mail

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