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Strong's #2382 - θώραξ
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θώραξ, ᾱκος,
and Ion. θώρηξ, ηκος, Aeol. θόρραξ Alc. 15 (codd. Ath.), ὁ: —
I
1. corslet, θ. χάλκεος Il. 23.560; παναίολος 11.374; πολυδαίδαλος 4.136, cf. 11.19, etc.; δεκάμνουν θώρηκος κύτος Ar. Pax 1224; ἔξαιρε παῖ θώρακα.. τὸν χοᾶ Id. Ach. 1133; θ... γυάλοισιν ἀρηρώς Il. 15.529 (γύαλα expld. as front- and back-piece fastened with περόναι, Paus. 10.26.5); θώρηκος γύαλον Il. 5.99; ὅθι διπλόος ἤντετο θ. 4.133; κατὰ ζώνην θώρηκος ἔνερθε 11.234; linen jerkin (not worn by Homeric Greeks acc. to Sch. Il. 2.529, but cf. λινοθώρηξ), θόρρακες νέω λίνω Alc. l.c., cf. Hdt. 2.182, 3.47, Chron.Lind. C. 36, Paus. 6.19.7.
2. coat of mail, scale armour, θ. χρύσεος λεπιδωτός Hdt. 9.22, cf. 74; φολιδωτός Posidipp. 26.7, cf. Paus. 1.21.6; of chain mail, v. ἁλυσιδωτός. slough of a serpent, καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θ. Porph. Chr. 88.
II
1. part covered by the θώραξ 1, trunk, Hp. de Arte 10, E. HF 1095, Arist. HA 493a5; κεφαλῆς καὶ θώρακος καὶ τῆς κάτω κοιλίας Id. Pr. 962a34; sts. taken as extending below the midriff, Pl. Ti. 69e; ἀπ' αὐχένος μέχρι αἰδοίων Arist. HA 491a30, cf. PA 686b5, ἐν τῷ κάτω θώρακος χωρίῳ, of the abdominal cavity, Gal. 16.448; but also of the chest, thorax, Arist. HA 493a17: — there is a play on signfs. 1 and 11 in Ar. V. 1194 sq. thorax of crustaceans, Arist. HA 601a13, al.
2. bandage for the chest, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.48 tit., Sor. Fasc. 33, cf. Gal. 18(1).817.
III = θωράκιον 11, Hdt. 1.181, D.C. 74.10.
θώραξ , -ακσς , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H8302 and cogn. forms;]
a breastplate: Revelation 9:9; Revelation 9:17; θ . τ . δικαιοσύνης , Ephesians 6:14 (cf. Isaiah 59:17, Wisdom of Solomon 5:18-19); θ . πίστεως , 1 Thessalonians 5:8.†
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Amongst the bequests in the will of Demetrius (P Petr III. 6 (a).26 (B.C. 237), we find τὸν [θ ]ω ̣ρακα and [τὴ ]ν ζώνην θωράκιτ [ιν. The word is similarly used = ";breast-plate"; in P Giss I. 47.6 (time of Hadrian) ὁ ] μὲν γὰρ θώραξ ἐκ καλοῦ ὠροχάλκου ὢν καὶ [τ ]ὴν πλοκὴν λεπτότατος καὶ τὸ μεῖζον ἐλα [φ ]ρότατος ̣ ὡς μὴ κάμνειν τὸν φοροῦντα αὐτὸν [ἠ ]γοράσθη κτλ. For the verb, as in 1 Maccabees 4:7, cf. OGIS 332.7 (B.C. 138–133) ἄγαλμα πεντάπηχυ τεθωρακισμένον, while in the list of traders, which makes up the alphabetical acrostic P Tebt II. 278i. 8 (early i/A.D.), we find a θωρωκοποίς (l. θωρακοποι (ό)ς), ";a breast-plate-maker,"; between an ἠπητής, ";a cobbler,"; and an ἰατρός, ";a physician.";
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