Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2833
חֹשֶׁן
choshenkho'-shen
breastpiece
25 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chôshen
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2833is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2833
perhaps a pocket (as holding the Urim and Thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest
The King James renders it: breastplate.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
choshen is rendered "breastpiece". It stands 25 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Twenty-three of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 25:7and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
Exodus 25:7וְלַחֹֽשֶׁן׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-three of the word's twenty-five uses are in Exodus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the breastpiece18
- and for the breastpiece3
- a breastpiece1
- a breastpiece of1
- breastpiece of1
- on breastpiece of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חֹשֶׁךְ | choshek | darkness | Uses80 |
The words it stands beside
All 25, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַחֹ֑שֶׁן5
- הַחֹ֔שֶׁן4
- הַחֹֽשֶׁן׃4
- הַחֹ֛שֶׁן3
- וְלַחֹֽשֶׁן׃3
- חֹ֤שֶׁן2
- בְּחֹ֧שֶׁן1
- הַ֠חֹשֶׁן1
- הַחֹ֡שֶׁן1
- חֹ֣שֶׁן1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular18HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HC/Rd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
Exodus
twenty-three uses
and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
- וְלַחֹֽשֶׁן׃velachoshenconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and for the breastpiece
These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as priests.
- חֹ֤שֶׁןchoshennoun · masculine singulartagged: a breastpiece
You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
- חֹ֤שֶׁןchoshennoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a breastpiece of
For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.
- הַחֹ֛שֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
You are also to make two gold rings and fasten them to the two corners of the breastpiece.
- הַחֹ֔שֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
- הַחֹֽשֶׁן׃hachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
Then fasten the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
- הַחֹֽשֶׁן׃hachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
Make two more gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
- הַחֹ֑שֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
The rings of the breastpiece shall be tied to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece is above the waistband of the ephod and does not swing out from the ephod.
- הַ֠חֹשֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
- הַחֹ֔שֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD.
- בְּחֹ֧שֶׁןbechoshenpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on breastpiece of
And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.
- חֹ֣שֶׁןchoshennoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: breastpiece of
Take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastplate. Fasten the ephod on him with its woven waistband.
- הַחֹ֑שֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
- וְלַחֹֽשֶׁן׃velachoshenconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and for the breastpiece
The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,
- וְלַחֹֽשֶׁן׃velachoshenconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and for the breastpiece
He made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
- הַחֹ֛שֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.
- הַחֹ֑שֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.
- הַחֹ֛שֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
They also made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece.
- הַחֹֽשֶׁן׃hachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
- הַחֹֽשֶׁן׃hachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
They made two more gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
- הַחֹ֑שֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- הַחֹ֡שֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
- הַחֹ֔שֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
Leviticus
two uses
Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.
- הַחֹ֑שֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
- הַחֹ֔שֶׁןhachoshenthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breastpiece
The letters
Gematria 358· 1,008 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.