noun · masculine
mastos
Greekμαστός (mastos)
Strong’sG3149
a breast, pap
stem mast-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
μαστός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for שַׁד;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3149 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmas-tos'
a (properly, female) breast (as if kneaded up)
Fromfrom the base of G3145;
King Jamespap.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | mastos | mastois2×μαστοὶ |
| object accusative | maston | mastoin |
| direct address vocative | mastor | mastoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | mastou | mastoiu |
| to, for dative | masto | mastoi1×μαστοῖς |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
masto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
mastois“breasts”subjectnominative plural2×
Luke 11:27“breasts”Gineta de en te legarō auton houteim epairaratas tinas fōnan gunaikas ek tou ochlou legata auto; Makarias tas koilias tas bastazaratas sin kai mastois hoin thēlazasa;As 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!”
Luke 23:29“breasts”hoti idou erchelō hēmerais en hai legali Makariais tais steirais kai tais koiliais hais ouk gennala kai mastois hois ouk trefala.Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
mastoi“chest”to, fordative plural1×
Revelation 1:13“chest”kai en mese taiu luchnaiu homoion huion anthrōpou, enduerēton podēron kai perizōnnuerēton pros toi mastoi zōnan chrusouan;and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.