chest

Greek Noun Neuter

στῆθος, -ους, τό [in LXX: Exo.28:23, 26 (29-30) (לֵב), etc;] the breast: Jhn.13:25 21:10, Rev.15:6; as a sign of penitence, τύπτειν (εἰς) τὸ σ, Luk.18:13 23:48, (AS)

chest

Greek Noun Neuter

στῆθος, εος, τό, breast, of both sexes, being the front part of the θώραξ, divided into two μαστοί [Refs 8th c.BC+] in post-Homeric verse; found once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. φάσσης ἑψημένης [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: as the seat of the voice and breath, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; more frequently as the seat of the heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; chest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σ. breasts of a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) metaphorically, the breast as the seat of feeling and thought, as we use heart, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+], but always in plural, θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ὄρινε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔχει κότον. ἐν σ. ἑοῖσι[Refs 8th c.BC+] III) ={στέρνον} [Refs]breastbone, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) ball of the foot, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ball of the hand (below the thumb), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; palm, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.3) swelling, tumour, ἐν τῷ ἥπατι [Refs 2nd c.AD+] IV) breastshaped hill or bank, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] has pan-Hellenic η, [Refs 7th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

the (entire external) bosom, i.e. chest; breast; from g2476 (ἵστημι) (as standing prominently)