חֹשֶׁן
ḥōšen
breast-piece
Strong's H2833NounHebrewTWOT 772a

חֹשֶׁן (ḥōšen) is a Hebrew noun meaning breast-piece. It appears 25 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2833).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 772a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 772a)breast-piece, sacred pouch; pocket, rich, gorget; breastplate
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֹ֫שֶׁן noun, masculine: breast-piece, sacred pouch

the breast-piece or sacred pouch

Strong's H2833 חֹשֶׁן: perhaps a pocket (as holding the Urim and Thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest
KJV:breastplate.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 772: חשׁן ḥšn — be excellent, beautiful, beauty, all excellence

See it in Scripture

Exodus 25:7Leviticus 8:8

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