ΣΤΕΡΝΟΥ, στερνου
STERNOU, sternou
Sounds Like: STER-noo
Translations: of the breast, of the chest, of the bosom
From the root: ΣΤΕΡΝΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the breast, chest, or bosom. It is used to describe something belonging to or associated with this part of the body. For example, one might speak of 'the pain of the chest' or 'the warmth of the bosom'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G4740 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 7:162
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 6:43
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.
- ΣΤΕΡΝΟΙΣ — (to) chests, (to) breasts, (to) bosoms
- ΣΤΕΡΝΟΙΣΙΝ — to the breast, to the chest, in the breast, in the chest
- ΣΤΕΡΝΟΝ — breast, chest, a breast, a chest
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