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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μαστός G3149
Pronunciation mastós
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] breasts 1× Luke 11:27
breasts 1× Luke 23:29
chest 1× Revelation 1:13
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 11:27
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Luke 2 Revelation 1
Source forms
μαστοὶ 2x mastoi Luke 11:27, Luke 23:29
μαστοῖς 1x mastois Revelation 1:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Luke 11:27, Luke 23:29
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 1:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a (properly, female) breast (as if kneaded up)
Strong's G3149
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a (properly, female) breast (as if kneaded up)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 11:27 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
μαστοὶ mastoi
a breast, pap
Read verse Luke 23:29 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
μαστοὶ mastoi
a breast, pap
Read verse Revelation 1:13 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
μαστοῖς mastoiv
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 11:27 · Luke 23:29 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Rev 1:13 1×
Word Origins
μαστός is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain