5237 breastplate
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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A coat of armour comprising one or more pieces of bronze, iron or chain mail covering the chest and back to protect the heart and other vital organs. Used figuratively it refers to righteousness, faith and love.

Breastplates were coats or tunics of armour

They were part of military dress

2 Chronicles 26:14 See also 1 Samuel 17:5,38; 2 Samuel 20:8

They were worn by soldiers

2 Samuel 20:8 See also Nehemiah 4:16; Jeremiah 46:4; Jeremiah 51:3

Bronze breastplates

1 Samuel 17:5

Iron breastplates

Revelation 9:9

Those wearing breastplates were not impregnable

1 Kings 22:34 pp 2 Chronicles 18:33 See also 1 Samuel 31:3; 1 Kings 20:11

The breastplate was often referred to figuratively

As a picture of righteousness

Isaiah 59:17; Ephesians 6:14

As a picture of faith and love

1 Thessalonians 5:8

As a picture of invincibility

See also Revelation 9:9

See also

4312  bronze
4336  iron
5145  clothing
5209  armour
5480  protection
5544  soldiers
5605  warfare
7320  breastpiece
8020  faith
8154  righteousness
8292  love
8486  spiritual warfare, armour



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