Quick Definition
στῆθος, ους, τό n.n. the breast
Strong's Definition
the (entire external) bosom, i.e. chest
Derivation: from G2476 (ἵστημι) (as standing prominently);
KJV Usage: breast
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στῆθος, -ovs, τό, (fr. tornut; that which stands out, is prominent [Etym. Magn. 727, 19 διότι ἕστηκεν ἀσάλευτον), tr. Ilom. down, the breast: Jn. xiii. 25; xxi. 20, (cf. κόλπος, 1) ; Rev. xv. 6. τὸ στῆθος, of mourners (see κύπτω), Lk. xviii. 13; xxiii. 48.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στῆθος stēthos 5x
the breast, chest, Lk. 18:13; 23:48; Jn. 13:25; 21:20; Rev. 15:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στῆθος, -ους, τό
[in LXX: Ex 28:23, 26 (29, 30) (לֵב), etc. ;]
the breast: Jo 13:25 21:10, Re 15:6; as a sign of penitence, τύπτειν (εἰς) τὸ σ., Lk 18:13 23:48,†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στῆθος, “breast ’’: P Magd 247 (B.c. 218) ὥστε καὶ ἀπογυμνωθῆναί pov τὸ στῆθος, P Tebt 11. 31619 (a.p. 99) οὐλὴ στήθ μέσῳ, and BGU II. 4697 (a.p. 159-160) ἐν τᾷ στήθι καυτή[ρ]ιον. In P Masp III. 671694? (Byz.) στήθους ἐπιστ[άν]τος, the word appears to mean a small ‘‘hillock” of sand (cited by Preisigke Worterd. s.v.). MGr στήθι (ἀστήθι).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στῆθος (stēthos) — chest. 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+]