Breast
μαστός, μαζόςStrong’s G3149mastos, mazos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Mastos, mazos is the Greek word usually translated “breasts”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.”
Meaning
Usually translated “breasts”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- breasts 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Revelation 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 23:29For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
- Revelation 1:13And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Greek dictionary
μαστός, μαζός mastos, mazos · breast
μαστός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for שַׁד ;] the breast: pl., Luk.11:27 23:29, Rev.1:13 (T, μασθοῖς; WH, App., 149; L, μαζοῖς).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “breast” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BREAST, noun
brest.
- The soft, protuberant body, adhering to the thorax, which, in females, furnishes milk for infants.“His breasts are full of milk” Job 21:24
- The fore part of the thorax, or the fore part of the human body between the neck and the belly.
- The part of a breast which answers to the breast in man.
- Figuratively, the heart; the conscience; the disposition of the mind; the affections; the seat of the affections and passions.
All definitions and other forms of “breast”
- Formerly, the power of singing.
BREAST, verb transitive
brest. To meet in front; to oppose breast to breast
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.