H2833 · חֹשֶׁן
chôshen · kho'-shen · breastplate
H2833 (chôshen, pronounced kho'-shen) is the Hebrew word חֹשֶׁן in Strong’s dictionary: perhaps a pocket (as holding the Urim and Thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest. It appears 25 times in 21 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- חֹשֶׁן (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- chôshen
- Pronunciation
- kho'-shen
- Derivation
- from an unused root probably meaning to contain or sparkle;
- Definition
- perhaps a pocket (as holding the Urim and Thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest
- Rendered in the KJV
- breastplate.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
25 occurrences in 21 verses (23 with English words of their own, 2 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “of the breastpiece” ×8
- “the breastpiece” ×5
- “and breastpiece” ×3
- “a breastpiece” ×2
- “so that the breastpiece” ×2
- “For the breastpiece” ×1
- “and the breastplate” ×1
- “on the breastpiece” ×1
By book
Exodus 20 · Leviticus 1