Strong's Definition
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
KJV Usage: breastplate
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֹ֫שֶׁן (cho.shen) — breastpiece. 1) breastplate, breastpiece 1a) sacred pouch of the high priest designed to hold the Urim and Thummim
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Clothing
breast-piece = kind of pouch; square; decorated with 12 precious stones, engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel; ◄ made of cloth; ► worn by the high priest on his chest, on top of the ephod, and containing the urim and thummim
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֹ֫שֶׁן n.m. the breast-piece or sacred pouch base