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• ܚܰܕ݁ܳܝܳܐ
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• μασθός , μαστός , μαζός
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connected with histemi, "to stand," i.e., that which stands out, is used of mourners in smiting the "breast," Luke 18:13; 23:48; of John in reclining on the "breast" of Christ, John 13:25; 21:20; of the "breasts" of the angels in Revelation 15:6 .

used in the plural, "paps," Luke 11:27; 23:29; Revelation 1:13 , AV, is preferably rendered "breasts," in the RV.