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stēthos G4738

στῆθος (stēthos) means “chest” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

στῆθος Greek · G4738 5 tagged occurrences in 5 verses

Pronunciation guide: stay'-thos Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4738

στῆθος · stēthos · chest

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

the breast, chest.

John Jeffrey Dodson · CC0

How translators render G4738

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
against jesus 1
breast 1
breasts 1
chests 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
breast 3
breasts 2

Verses containing G4738

Page 1 of 1. 5 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Luke 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

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  2. Luke 23:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts.

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  3. John 13:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”

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  4. John 21:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to betray You?”

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  5. Revelation 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.

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Sources and text

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We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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