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μαστός, μαζός mastos, mazos · G3149

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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)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

μαστός, ὁ, ; Epic dialect, Ionic dialect μαζός, []; twice in codices of Trag., []; Doric dialect μασδός []; later μασθός [] b, [] —usage contradicts the statement of Grammars that μαζός is the man's breast, μαστός the woman's:— breast, δεξιτερὸν κατὰ μαζόν []; of men's breasts, βάλε δουρὶ στέρνον ὑπὲρ μαζοῖο []; 2 more frequently of a woman's breast, μαζὸν ἀνέσχε, of Hecuba pleading with Hector, []; γυναῖκά τε θήσατο μαζόν sucked her breast,[]; προσέσχε μαζόν, of the mother, [] ; 2.b rarely of …

Where it's used 3 times

Luke 11:27 · Luke 23:29 · Revelation 1:13

Source: TBESG G3149; TFLSJ G3149

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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