Original: θώραξ

Transliteration: thṓrax

Phonetic: tho'-rax

Short Definition: Breast-plate

- Original: θώραξ

- Transliteration: Thorax

- Phonetic: tho'-rax

- Definition:

1. the breast, the part of the body from the neck to the navel, where the ribs end

2. a breastplate or corset consisting of two parts and protecting the body on both sides from the neck to the middle

- Origin: of uncertain affinity

- TDNT entry: 10:08,7

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: Of uncertain affinity; the chest (thorax) that is (by implication) a corslet: - breastplate.