ΣΤΗΘΟΥΣ, στηθους
STĒTHOUS, stēthous
Sounds Like: STAY-thoos
Translations: of the breast, of the chest, of the bosom
From the root: ΣΤΗΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the breast, chest, or bosom, typically of a human or animal. It can also refer to the front part of the body. In the provided context, it refers to the breastplate or ephod worn by the high priest, which held the Urim and Thummim.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G4746 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 100:3
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:97
Codex Sinaiticus
- Shepherd of Hermas — 4:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 1 — 4:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΗΘΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΤΗΘΕΙ — (to) the breast, (to) the chest, a breast, a chest
- ΣΤΗΘΕΣΙΝ — (to) breasts, (in) breasts, (on) breasts, (to) chest, (in) chest, (on) chest
- ΣΤΗΘΕΣΣΙ — (to) breasts, (to) chests
- ΣΤΗΘΕΩΝ — of breasts, of chests, of the chest, of the breast
- ΣΤΗΘΗ — breasts, chest
- ΣΤΗΘΟΣ — chest, breast, a chest, a breast
- ΣΤΗΘΥΝΙΑ — breasts, chests, breast-pieces
- ΣΤΗΘΥΝΙΟΝ — breast, a breast, breast-piece, a breast-piece
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