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The Greek noun “θώραξ”

Limited to Eph. 6:14; 1 Thess. 5:8; Rev. 9:9, 17, the Greek noun “thorax” meant “breastplate.”  Normally this term described battle armor which protected the chest.  For the Christian, there is the “breastplate of righteousness” (Eph. 6:14).