Greek · Strong's G3149
μαστός
mastosmas-tos'
a (properly, female) breast (as if kneaded up)
1890 spelling: mastós
- μ40
- α1
- σ200
- τ300
- ο70
- ς200
Isopsephy 811
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
a (properly, female) breast (as if kneaded up)
Rendered in the KJV as
pap.
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- μαστοὶ2
- μαστοῖς1
How it is rendered · 2
- breasts2
- [the] breasts1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NPM · 2
- N-DPM · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Luke carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Luke2 occurrences
- Luke 11:27μαστοὶmastoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralAs Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”here: [the] breasts
- Luke 23:29μαστοὶmastoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralLook, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’here: breasts