חֹשֶׁן
chôshen · kho'-shen
perhaps a pocket (as holding the Urim and Thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to contain or sparkle;
perhaps a pocket (as holding the Urim and Thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: breastplate.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing
To separate and protect that works to consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֹשֶׁן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the breastplate6 · 24%
- of the breastplate6 · 24%
- upon the breastplate3 · 12%
- in the breastplate3 · 12%
- and that the breastplate2 · 8%
- and for the breastplate2 · 8%
- and in the breastplate1 · 4%
- a breastplate1 · 4%
- and the breastplate1 · 4%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.