Strong G3149μαστός, μαζός
breast
- Transliteration
- mastos
- Pronunciation
- mas-tos'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From the base of G3145; a (properly female) breast (as if kneaded up): - pap.
Detailed definition
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)
[in LXX chiefly for שַׁד;]
the breast: pl., Luk.11:27 23:29, Rev.1:13 (T, μασθοῖς; WH, App., 149; L, μαζοῖς).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3149 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pap3
First verses
- Luke 11:27And 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.
- 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.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
μαστός, ὁ,
Epic dialect, Ionic dialect μαζός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (except in 3.133, 5.18, where codices give μαστός)]; twice in codices of Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 531, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 701))]; Doric dialect μασδός [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.16, 48)]; later μασθός [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.Isa.32.12 (codex A), +others, 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.934, NT.Rev.1.13 (variant), “IG” 3.238)] b, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (PMag.Lond. 121.208, etc., also in codices of 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 545:)] —usage contradicts the statement of Grammars that μαζός is the man's breast, μαστός the woman's:— breast, δεξιτερὸν κατὰ μαζόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.393)]; of men's breasts, βάλε δουρὶ στέρνον ὑπὲρ μαζοῖο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4.528; βάλε στῆθος παρὰ μαζόν 8.121, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.82, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.17, 4.3.6.)]
2 more frequently of a woman's breast, μαζὸν ἀνέσχε, of Hecuba pleading with Hector, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.80; εἴ ποτέ τοι λαθικηδέα μαζὸν ἐπέσχον [prev. work] 83)]; γυναῖκά τε θήσατο μαζόν sucked her breast,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (24.58; πάϊς δέ οἱ ἦν ἐπὶ μαζῷ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.448; σὺ δέ μ᾽ ἔτρεφες.. τῷ σῷ ἐπὶ μαζῷ 19.483; so φαίνουσαι τοὺς μαζούς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.85; τοὺς μ. ἀποταμοῦσα [prev. author] 4.202; ἐπὶ τοῦ μαστοῦ ἔφυ φῦμα [prev. author] 3.133; προὔκειτο μαστῶν περονίς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 925)]; προσέσχε μαζόν, of the mother, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 531; μαστὸν ἀμφέχασκε, of the child, [prev. work] 545, compare 897; μαστῶν ἀποστάς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 776; πῶλον ἀφέλξων σῶν ἀπὸ μαστῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 142 (_anapaest meter_), etc.)]
2.b rarely of animals, udder, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyc.” 55 (Lyric poetry), 207, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Jovem” 48.)]
2.c generally, of the breasts of all mammalia, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 521b21, “PA” 688a18f, “GA” 752b23.)]
II metaphorically, any round, breast-shaped object:
II.1 round hill, knoll, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.6, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 48.)]
II.2 round piece of wool fastened to the edge of nets, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 2.6, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.29.)]
II.3 at Paphos, breast-shaped cup, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus Cyren. cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.487b, compare “IG” 7.3498 (from Oropus), 11(4).1307.21 (from Delos).)]
Epic dialect, Ionic dialect μαζός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (except in 3.133, 5.18, where codices give μαστός)]; twice in codices of Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 531, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 701))]; Doric dialect μασδός [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.16, 48)]; later μασθός [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.Isa.32.12 (codex A), +others, 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.934, NT.Rev.1.13 (variant), “IG” 3.238)] b, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (PMag.Lond. 121.208, etc., also in codices of 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 545:)] —usage contradicts the statement of Grammars that μαζός is the man's breast, μαστός the woman's:— breast, δεξιτερὸν κατὰ μαζόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.393)]; of men's breasts, βάλε δουρὶ στέρνον ὑπὲρ μαζοῖο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4.528; βάλε στῆθος παρὰ μαζόν 8.121, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.82, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.17, 4.3.6.)]
2 more frequently of a woman's breast, μαζὸν ἀνέσχε, of Hecuba pleading with Hector, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.80; εἴ ποτέ τοι λαθικηδέα μαζὸν ἐπέσχον [prev. work] 83)]; γυναῖκά τε θήσατο μαζόν sucked her breast,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (24.58; πάϊς δέ οἱ ἦν ἐπὶ μαζῷ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.448; σὺ δέ μ᾽ ἔτρεφες.. τῷ σῷ ἐπὶ μαζῷ 19.483; so φαίνουσαι τοὺς μαζούς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.85; τοὺς μ. ἀποταμοῦσα [prev. author] 4.202; ἐπὶ τοῦ μαστοῦ ἔφυ φῦμα [prev. author] 3.133; προὔκειτο μαστῶν περονίς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 925)]; προσέσχε μαζόν, of the mother, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 531; μαστὸν ἀμφέχασκε, of the child, [prev. work] 545, compare 897; μαστῶν ἀποστάς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 776; πῶλον ἀφέλξων σῶν ἀπὸ μαστῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 142 (_anapaest meter_), etc.)]
2.b rarely of animals, udder, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyc.” 55 (Lyric poetry), 207, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Jovem” 48.)]
2.c generally, of the breasts of all mammalia, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 521b21, “PA” 688a18f, “GA” 752b23.)]
II metaphorically, any round, breast-shaped object:
II.1 round hill, knoll, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.6, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 48.)]
II.2 round piece of wool fastened to the edge of nets, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 2.6, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.29.)]
II.3 at Paphos, breast-shaped cup, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus Cyren. cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.487b, compare “IG” 7.3498 (from Oropus), 11(4).1307.21 (from Delos).)]