Word Summary
stēthos: the breast
Original Word: στῆθοςTransliteration: stēthos
Phonetic Spelling: (stay'-thos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: the breast
Meaning: the breast
Strong's Concordance
breast.
From histemi (as standing prominently); the (entire external) bosom, i.e. Chest -- breast.
see GREEK histemi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4738: στῆθοςστῆθος,
στήθους,
τό (from
ἵστημι; that which stands out, is prominent (
Etym. Magn. 727, 19
διότι ἕστηκεν ἀσάλευτον)), from
Homer down,
the breast:
John 13:25;
John 21:20 (cf.
κόλπος, 1);
Revelation 15:6.
τύπτειν εἰς τό στῆθος or
τύπτειν τό στῆθος, of mourners (see
κόπτω),
Luke 18:13;
Luke 23:48.