ΣΤΕΡΝΟΙΣ, στερνοις
STERNOIS, sternois
Sounds Like: STER-noyce
Translations: (to) chests, (to) breasts, (to) bosoms
From the root: ΣΤΕΡΝΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the chest, breast, or bosom. It is used in the dative plural case, indicating the indirect object of an action, often translated with 'to' or 'for' before the noun. It can refer to the front part of the body between the neck and the abdomen.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Neuter or Masculine
Strong’s number: G4740 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 26:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΕΡΝΟΝ.
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.
- ΣΤΕΡΝΟΙΣΙΝ — to the breast, to the chest, in the breast, in the chest
- ΣΤΕΡΝΟΝ — breast, chest, a breast, a chest
- ΣΤΕΡΝΟΥ — of the breast, of the chest, of the bosom
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