στῆθος
stēthos · chest
Greek word · Strong’s number G4738 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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stēthos (στῆθος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “chest”.
Breast.
How to say it
stē·thos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The front of the body, between the neck and the belly.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- chest ×2
- breast ×1
- breasts ×1
- chests ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 18:13
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
- Luke 23:48
And all the crowds who had gathered for this spectacle, having seen what had happened, returned home beating their breasts.
- John 13:25
So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus’ chest, says to him, “Lord, who is it?”
- John 21:20
Peter, turning around, sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following, the one who had also leaned back at the supper against his chest and said, “Lord, who is the one who is handing you over?”
- Revelation 15:6
and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the sanctuary, clothed in pure bright linen, and wrapped around their chests with golden sashes.