Breastplate vs. Ephod

Breastplatenoun

A piece of armor that covers the chest.

Breastplatenoun

A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.

Breastplatenoun

A piece of silicone in the shape of women's breasts worn by drag queens and other female impersonators to simulate a female body shape.

Breastplatenoun

(Judaism) An embroidered square of linen worn on the breast of the Jewish high priest, bearing twelve precious stones, each inscribed with the name of one of the tribes of Israel.

Breastplatenoun

A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.

Breastplatenoun

A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.

Breastplatenoun

A strap that runs across a horse's breast.

Breastplatenoun

A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod.

Breastplatenoun

armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass

Breastplate

A breastplate or chestplate is a device worn over the torso to protect it from injury, as an item of religious significance, or as an item of status. A breastplate is sometimes worn by mythological beings as a distinctive item of clothing.

Ephodnoun

A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_%28World_English%29/Exodus#Chapter_28 Exodus 28: vi - xxx], which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.

Ephodnoun

A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front.

Ephod

An ephod (Hebrew: אֵפוֹד‎ ’êp̄ōḏ; or ) was an artifact and an object to be revered in ancient Israelite culture, and was closely connected with oracular practices and priestly ritual. In the Books of Samuel and Books of Chronicles, David is described as wearing an ephod when dancing in the presence of the Ark of the Covenant (2 Samuel 6:14, 1 Chronicles 15:27) and one is described as standing in the sanctuary at Nob, with a sword behind it (1 Samuel 21:9).