חֹשֶׁן chôshen

Hebrew · Strong's H2833 · pronounced kho'-shen · used 25 times in 21 verses

Meaning

perhaps a pocket (as holding the Urim and Thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest

In the King James Version: breastplate.

Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to contain or sparkle;

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Where it is used

Exodus 25:7 and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
Exodus 28:4 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.
Exodus 28:15 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.
Exodus 28:22 For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.
Exodus 28:23 You are also to make two gold rings and fasten them to the two corners of the breastpiece.
Exodus 28:24 Then fasten the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
Exodus 28:26 Make two more gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
Exodus 28:28 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.
Exodus 28:29 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.
Exodus 28:30 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.
Exodus 29:5 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.
Exodus 35:9 and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
Exodus 35:27 The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,
Exodus 39:8 He made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
Exodus 39:9 It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.
Exodus 39:15 For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.
Exodus 39:16 They also made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece.
Exodus 39:17 Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
Exodus 39:19 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.
Exodus 39:21 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.
Leviticus 8:8 Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.