στῆθοςstēthos
GreekG47385 occurrences (KJV)
the (entire external) bosom, i.e. chest
KJV renders it: breast
Where it appears
- Luke 18:13But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
- Luke 23:48All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.
- John 13:25He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus’ breast, asked him, “Lord, who is it?”
- John 21:20Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus’ breast at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is going to betray You?”
- Rev 15:6The seven angels who had the seven plagues came out, clothed with pure, bright linen, and wearing golden sashes around their breasts.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.