Dictionary entry

θώραξ

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

θώραξ, -ακσς, ὁ,

[in LXX chiefly for שִׁרְיוֹן and cogn. forms;]

a breastplate: Re 9:9, 17; θ. τ. δικαιοσύνης, Eph 6:14 (cf. Is 59:17, Wi 5:18(19)); θ. πίστεως, I Th 5:8.†