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Breastpiece

חֹ֫שֶׁןStrong’s H2833

choshen (cho-shen)

Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Choshen is the Hebrew word usually translated “breastpiece”, “breastpiece of” and “on breastpiece of”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.

“Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.”
Exodus 25:7 KJV
Meaning
  1. Breastplate, breastpiecesacred pouch of the high priest designed to hold the Urim and Thummim
How it's translated
  • the breastpiece 18
  • and for the breastpiece 3
  • a breastpiece 1
  • a breastpiece of 1
  • on breastpiece of 1
  • breastpiece of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 20
  • Leviticus 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

חֹ֫שֶׁן choshen · breastpiece

1) breastplate, breastpiece 1a) sacred pouch of the high priest designed to hold the Urim and Thummim

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.