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Lexicon :: Strong's H2833 - ḥōšen

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חֹשֶׁן
Transliteration
ḥōšen
Pronunciation
kho'-shen
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to contain or sparkle
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TWOT Reference: 772a

Strong’s Definitions

חֹשֶׁן chôshen, kho'-shen; from an unused root probably meaning to contain or sparkle; perhaps a pocket (as holding the Urim and Thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest:—breastplate.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H2833 in the following manner: breastplate (25x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H2833 in the following manner: breastplate (25x).

  1. breastplate, breastpiece

    1. sacred pouch of the high priest designed to hold the Urim and Thummim

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹשֶׁן chôshen, kho'-shen; from an unused root probably meaning to contain or sparkle; perhaps a pocket (as holding the Urim and Thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest:—breastplate.
STRONGS H2833: Abbreviations
† ח֫שֶׁן noun masculine the breast-piece or sacred pouch, containing the אורים ותמים, worn on the breast of the high priest when he ministered in the Holy Place to bring the tribes for memorial. before י׳. It was made of the same material as the ephod (see אֵפוֺד), a span square; set in front with twelve jewels in four rows, engraved with the names of the twelve tribes. It was firmly fastened to the shoulders of the ephod by gold chains passing through gold rings, and to the lower part of the ephod just above the girdle by a blue ribbon passing through other gold rings. It was חשֶׁן (ה)מִשְׁפָּט (Exodus 28:15, 29, 30) pouch of judgment, because of the decision given by the אוּרִים וְתֻמִּים. The name occurs only in P, Exodus 25:7; Exodus 28:4, 15, 22, 23 (twice in verse); Exodus 28:24, 26, 28 (twice in verse); Exodus 28:29, 30; Exodus 29:5; Exodus 35:9, 27; Exodus 39:8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21 (twice in verse); Leviticus 8:8 (twice in verse). — See NowArchaeology ii. 119.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

25:7; 28:4; 28:15; 28:15; 28:22; 28:23; 28:24; 28:26; 28:28; 28:29; 28:29; 28:30; 28:30; 29:5; 35:9; 35:27; 39:8; 39:9; 39:15; 39:16; 39:17; 39:19; 39:21

Leviticus

8:8

H2833

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2833 matches the Hebrew חֹשֶׁן (ḥōšen),
which occurs 25 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:7 - shoham stones, and stones to be set for the efod and for the breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4 - These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an efod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash: and they shall make holy garments for Aharon your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the Kohen's office.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - "You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skillful workman; like the work of the efod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shall you make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:22 - You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:23 - You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:24 - You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:26 - You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward the side of the efod inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:28 - They shall bind the breastplate by the rings of it to the rings of the efod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the efod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the efod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:29 - Aharon shall bear the names of the children of Yisra'el in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:30 - You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Tummim; and they shall be on Aharon's heart, when he goes in before the LORD: and Aharon shall bear the judgment of the children of Yisra'el on his heart before the LORD continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:5 - You shall take the garments, and put on Aharon the coat, the robe of the efod, the efod, and the breastplate, and dress him with the skillfully woven band of the efod;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:9 - shoham stones, and stones to be set for the efod and for the breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - The rulers brought the shoham stones, and the stones to be set, for the efod and for the breastplate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the efod; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:9 - It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:15 - They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:16 - They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:17 - They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:19 - They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was toward the side of the efod inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:21 - They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the efod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the efod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the efod, as the LORD commanded Moshe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:8 - He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Tummim.
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