Lexical Definition
μαστός mastós (mas-tos') breast G:N-M
from the base of μασσάομαι
pap.
- a (properly, female) breast (as if kneaded up)
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| μαστών | breasts | LXX.Ps.22.9 • LXX.Isa.32.12 |
| her breasts | LXX.Hos.2.2 | |
| my breasts | LXX.Song.1.13 | |
| of breasts | LXX.Gen.49.25 | |
| μαστοῖσ | breasts | Rev.1.13 |
| μαστοὶ | breasts | Luke.11.27 • Luke.23.29 |
| μαστούσ | breasts | LXX.Job.3.12 • LXX.Song.8.1 • LXX.Song.8.8 • LXX.Lam.2.20 • LXX.Lam.4.3 • LXX.Hos.9.14 • LXX.Joel.2.16 |
| my breasts | LXX.Song.7.12 | |
| your breasts | LXX.Song.1.4 • LXX.Ezek.23.34 | |
| μαστού | breast | LXX.Job.24.9 • LXX.Isa.28.9 • LXX.Isa.66.11 |
| μαστοί αυτών | their breasts | LXX.Ezek.23.3 |
| μαστοί | breasts | LXX.Song.4.5 • LXX.Song.7.3 • LXX.Ezek.23.21 |
| my breasts | LXX.Song.8.10 | |
| nipples | LXX.Jer.18.14 | |
| your breasts | LXX.Song.1.2 • LXX.Song.4.10 • LXX.Song.4.10 • LXX.Song.7.7 • LXX.Song.7.8 • LXX.Ezek.16.7 |
Abbott-Smith
μαστός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for שַׁד;]
the breast: pl., Lk 11:27 23:29, Re 1:13 (T, μασθοῖς; WH, App., 149; L, μαζοῖς).†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Luke | 11:27 · 23:29 |
| Revelation | 1:13 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
μαστός, μαζός, ὁ,
Epic dialect, Ionic dialect μαζός, [μαστός, μαζός">Refs 8th c.BC+]; twice in codices of Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect μασδός [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; later μασθός [LXX+3rd c.BC+] b, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —usage contradicts the statement of Grammars that μαζός is the man's breast, μαστός, μαζός the woman's:— breast, δεξιτερὸν κατὰ μαζόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of men's breasts, βάλε δουρὶ στέρνον ὑπὲρ μαζοῖο [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 more frequently of a woman's breast, μαζὸν ἀνέσχε, of Hecuba pleading with Hector, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γυναῖκά τε θήσατο μαζόν sucked her breast,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; προσέσχε μαζόν, of the mother, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b rarely of animals, udder, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2.c generally, of the breasts of all mammalia, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, any round, breast-shaped object:
__II.1 round hill, knoll, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 round piece of wool fastened to the edge of nets, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 at Paphos, breast-shaped cup, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Isa.32.12 ☩ Rev.1.13