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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 for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4 - 'And these are the garments which they make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and an upper robe, and an embroidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle; yea, they have made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and for his sons, for his being priest to Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - 'And thou hast made a breastplate of judgment, work of a designer; according to the work of the ephod thou dost make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen thou dost make it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:22 - 'And thou hast made on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:23 - and thou hast made on the breastplate two rings of gold, and hast 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 - and thou hast put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:26 - 'And thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast set them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which is over-against the ephod within;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:28 - and they bind the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a ribbon of blue, to be above the girdle of the ephod, and the breastplate is not loosed from the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:29 - 'And Aaron hath borne the names of the sons of Israel in the breastplate of judgment, on his heart, in his going in unto the sanctuary, for a memorial before Jehovah continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:30 - 'And thou hast put unto the breastplate of judgment the Lights and the Perfections, and they have been on the heart of Aaron, in his going in before Jehovah, and Aaron hath borne the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before Jehovah continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:5 - and thou hast taken the garments, and hast clothed Aaron with the coat, and the upper robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and hast girded him with the girdle of the ephod,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:9 - and shoham stones, and stones for settings, for an ephod, and for a breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - And the princes have brought in the shoham stones, and the stones for settings, for the ephod, and for the breastplate,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - And he maketh the breastplate, work of a designer, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:9 - it hath been square; double they have made the breastplate, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:15 - And they make on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:16 - and they make two embroidered things of gold, and two rings of gold, 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 - and they put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:19 - And they make two rings of gold, and set them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which is on the side of the ephod within;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:21 - and they bind the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod, with a ribbon of blue, to be above the girdle of the ephod, and the breastplate is not loosed from off the ephod, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:8 - and doth put on him the breastplate, and doth put unto the breastplate the Lights and the Perfections,
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