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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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( שׁד , shadh , שׁד , shōdh , "breast" ( Ezekiel 23:21 ); μαστός , mastós , "the breast" (Luke 11:27; Luke 23:29; Revelation 1:13 )): The English word, which goes back to Middle English "pappe" (see Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language , 327) and is now obsolete, has been replaced in the Revised Version (British and American) by "breast." The Hebrew word signifies the "female breast"; the Greek word has a wider signification, including the male chest.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Pap'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/p/pap.html. 1915.

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