Choshen חֹ֫שֶׁן

Choshen (Hebrew חֹ֫שֶׁן, Strong's H2833) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “breastpiece”. It occurs 25 times in 21 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Choshen, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 25:7
  Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
• Exodus 28:4
  And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.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
  And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.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
  And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.
• Exodus 28:23
  And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.You are also to make two gold rings and fasten them to the two corners of the breastpiece.
• Exodus 28:24
  And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.Then fasten the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
• Exodus 28:26
  And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.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
  And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.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
  And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually.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 thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.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
  And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: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 stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
• Exodus 35:27
  And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,
• Exodus 39:8
  And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.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 foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.
• Exodus 39:15
  And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.
• Exodus 39:16
  And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.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
  And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
• Exodus 39:19
  And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.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
  And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the Lord commanded Moses.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

• Leviticus 8:8
  And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).