ΘΩΡΑΚΕΣ, θωρακες
THŌRAKES, thōrakes
Sounds Like: THOH-rah-kes
Translations: breastplates, cuirasses, armor
From the root: ΘΩΡΑΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a piece of defensive armor, specifically a breastplate or cuirass, designed to protect the torso. It was commonly worn by soldiers in ancient times. In a sentence, it would be used to describe the protective gear worn by warriors.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2382 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 5:28
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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.
- ΘΩΡΑΚΑ — breastplate, a breastplate, cuirass, a cuirass
- ΘΩΡΑΚΑΣ — 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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