Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2833
חֹ֫שֶׁן
cho.shen · “breastpiece”
Used 25 times across 2 books
Definition
1) breastplate, breastpiece
1a) sacred pouch of the high priest designed to hold the Urim and Thummim
1a) sacred pouch of the high priest designed to hold the Urim and Thummim
Where it appears
Exodus23
Leviticus2
In the text
Exodus 25:7Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.Exodus 28:4And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.Exodus 28:15And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.Exodus 28:22And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.Exodus 28:23And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.Exodus 28:24And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.Exodus 28:26And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.Exodus 28:28And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.Exodus 28:29And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually.Exodus 28:30And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.
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