What does μαστός (mastós) mean in the Bible?
μαστός (mastós) is a Greek word meaning "a (properly, female) breast (as if kneaded up)".
Greek · G3149
μαστός
A (properly, female) breast (as if kneaded up)
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μαστόςG3149
Pronunciationmastós
What does μαστός (mastós) mean in the Bible?
μαστός (mastós) is a Greek word meaning "a (properly, female) breast (as if kneaded up)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3149?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] breasts (1), breasts (1), chest (1).
Where does μαστός (mastós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 11:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It[the] breasts1×Luke 11:27
breasts1×Luke 23:29
chest1×Revelation 1:13
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 11:27
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Luke2Revelation1
Source forms
μαστοὶ2xmastoiLuke 11:27, Luke 23:29
μαστοῖς1xmastoisRevelation 1:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural2xLuke 11:27, Luke 23:29
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural1xRevelation 1:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a (properly, female) breast (as if kneaded up)
Strong'sG3149
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a (properly, female) breast (as if kneaded up)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 11:27Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
μαστοὶmastoi
a breast, pap
Read verseLuke 23:29Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
μαστοὶmastoi
a breast, pap
Read verseRevelation 1:13Noun Dative Plural Masculine
μαστοῖςmastoiv
a breast, pap
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternNominative (2)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineLuke 11:27 · Luke 23:292×
Dative · Plural · MasculineRev 1:131×
Word Origins
μαστός is built from this root: