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μαστός

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
μαστός, οῦ, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
mastos
Simplified transliteration: 
mastos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3149
GK Number: 
3466
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 
breast, chest
Definition: 
the breast, pap, Lk. 11:27; 23:29; Rev. 1:13*

Greek-English Concordance for μαστός

Luke 11:27 While he was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you, and the breasts (mastoi | μαστοί | nom pl masc) that nursed you!”
Luke 23:29 For the days are surely coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never gave birth and the breasts (mastoi | μαστοί | nom pl masc) that never nursed!’
Revelation 1:13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, dressed in a long robe and with a gold sash tied high across his chest (mastois | μαστοῖς | dat pl masc).