Breast

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 Genesis 49:25 (c) The teaching here probably is that the Lord will grant fruitfulness and that the children given by GOD's kindness will be fed, well cared for, and will grow to maturity as they should.

 Exodus 29:27 (c) This part of the animal is typical of our affection and love offered to GOD, waved before Him as a memorial, and to remind Him that we love Him above all others. We believe that all the "burnt" offerings teach this same truth.

 Job 21:24 (a) We are taught by this figure that this person retained his vigor, power and resourcefulness until the end of his days.

 Song of Solomon 1:13 (b) Here is a picture of the perfect love, sweetness and satisfaction which exists between the Lord and His bride, the children of GOD.

 Song of Solomon 4:5 (b) This will remind us of the sufficiency, devotion and activity of the love of the children of GOD for the Lord Jesus Christ (See also  Song of Solomon 7:7-8).

 Song of Solomon 8:8 (b) This peculiar picture will remind us that the Christian may lose his love and affection for the bridegroom, the Saviour. Or it may be that this bride is a very young bride who has not yet learned to love, worship and adore as she should. Love grows as it is practiced. It may also be that this is the Christian who has lost his first love, and is not now as affectionate as she should be. Evidently this lack is made up and is restored as described in verse10.

 Isaiah 28:9 (a) We learn from this comparison that some of GOD's people grow up to maturity as Christians. They no longer need to feed on milk, but are able to eat and digest strong meat. Paul mentions this same truth in1Co  3:2. Christians should grow in the knowledge of the things of GOD until they become matured Christians. (See  Ephesians 4:13).

 Isaiah 60:16 (a) GOD's people were to obtain the best and richest treasures of their enemies. Their enemies would be made to give up their very living to Israel.

 Isaiah 66:11 (a) This is a prophecy of the restoration of Jerusalem when Israel will again rejoice in the abundant blessings of GOD as the babe is satisfied with the mother's milk.

 Ezekiel 23:3 (a) This is a terrible accusation against Israel because they had permitted the wicked people around them to take liberties with them to satisfy all their evil desires. Israel committed horrible sins with the wicked nations around them. In verses  Ezekiel 23:8 and  Ezekiel 23:34 we find that these same nations punished Israel severely.

 Hosea 2:2 (a) GOD presents to us a graphic picture of the wicked associations of Israel with the idolatrous nations around her. GOD would not ignore these evil associations. We find this same sin presented in all of its evil in the church of Rome today. They have partaken of the idolatrous practices of almost every known evil religion. They nourish every form of evil and sin and promote every kind of wicked association with the world.

 Hosea 9:14 (a) GOD is warning Israel that He will punish them by preventing the blessings which they expected to receive and would dry up their natural resources of sustenance.

 Nahum 2:7 (b) Here we find revealed that in the day of GOD's judgments many will be calling for help and will cry out for relief when none is available.

 Revelation 15:6 (a) This probably teaches us the fact that these angels had their loyalty, their love and their devotion bound up in the golden bands of purity and holiness. They were entirely loyal to GOD, He had their love and affection.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Στῆθος (Strong'S #4738 — Noun Neuter — stethos — stay'-thos )

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 .

2: Μαστός (Strong'S #3149 — Noun Masculine — mastos — mas-tos' )

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

Webster's Dictionary

(1): (n.) The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart.

(2): (n.) The power of singing; a musical voice; - so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast.

(3): (v. t.) To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.

(4): (n.) The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

(5): (n.) A torus.

(6): (n.) The front of a furnace.

(7): (n.) Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat.

(8): (n.) Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill.

(9): (n.) The face of a coal working.

King James Dictionary

Breast n. brest.

1. The soft, protuberant body, adhering to the thorax, which, in females, furnishes milk for infants.

His breasts are full of milk.  Job 21:24 .

2. The fore part of the thorax, or the fore part of the human body between the neck and the belly. 3. The part of a breast which answers to the breast in man. This, in quadrupeds, is between the fore legs, below the neck. 4. Figuratively, the heart the conscience the disposition of the mind the affections the seat of the affections and passions. 5. Formerly,the power of singing.

BREAST, brest. To meet in front to oppose breast to breast.

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

BREAST. —See Bosom.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

brest  : Signifying the front view of the bust in humans and the corresponding portion of the body in animals. חזה , ḥāzeh , occurs in  Exodus 29:26 ,  Exodus 29:27;  Leviticus 7:30 ,  Leviticus 7:31 ,  Leviticus 7:34;  Leviticus 8:29;  Leviticus 10:14 ,  Leviticus 10:15;  Numbers 6:20;  Numbers 18:18; and חדי , ḥădhı̄ , in  Daniel 2:32 . שד , shadh or שׁד , shōdh = "breast" in the sense of pap of a woman or animal ( Job 24:9;  Song of Solomon 8:1 ,  Song of Solomon 8:8 ,  Song of Solomon 8:10;  Isaiah 60:16;  Lamentations 4:3 ). Only one word occurs with this signification in the New Testament: στῆθος , stḗthos = "bosom," "chest" ( Luke 18:13;  Luke 23:48;  John 13:25;  John 21:20 ). See Wave Offering .

Figurative: "The breasts of virginity," pressed and bruised (  Ezekiel 23:3 ,  Ezekiel 23:8 the King James Version), indicative of Ezekiel's belief that Israel practiced idolatry in Egypt (compare   Ezekiel 20:8 ). "To tear (pluck off) thy breasts" ( Ezekiel 23:34 ) denotes the anguish of the people in parting with their beloved sin (compare  Hosea 2:2 ). "Its breast of silver" ( Daniel 2:32 ) is possibly expressive of the humanity and wealth of the Medo-Persian empire.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(prop. שִׁד , Shad, or שֹׁד , shod, the female Teat; occasionally the cognate דִּדִּיַם , Daddadyim, the Two Paps,  Ezekiel 23:3;  Ezekiel 23:8;  Ezekiel 23:21;  Proverbs 5:19; but חָזֶה chazeh', the Breast or front part of an animal, as first seen,  Exodus 29:26-27;  Leviticus 7:30-31;  Leviticus 9:20-21). See Bosom. Females in the East are more desirous than those of colder climates to have a full and swelling breast, and study Embonpoint to a degree unusual among northern nations. This was also the case among the ancient Hebrews ( Song of Solomon 8:10). (See Beauty). In  Nahum 2:7, it is said that the women of Nineveh shall be led into captivity " tabering upon their breasts" -that is, beating their breasts in token of anguish, as if they were playing on the tabret. (See Grief). The waving of the breast of the animal offered in sacrifice ( Leviticus 7:30) is supposed to be typical of giving up to God the heart and the affections. (See Sacrifice).