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breasts

Meaning of “breasts”

Plural form of breast (the front part of the body between the neck and the belly).

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27 occurrences27 verses13 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 49:25

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Ezekiel 23:34
Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 23:34 · retained source text

Thou shalt euen drinke it and sucke it out, and thou shalt breake the sheards thereof, and plucke off thine owne breasts: for I haue spoken it, saith the LORD God.

Hosea 2:2
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hosea 2:2 · retained source text

Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whordomes out of her sight, and her adulteries from betweene her breasts;

1611 marginal noteIsai.50.1.

1611 marginal noteEze.16.25

Hosea 9:14
Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
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1611 witness · Hosea 9:14 · retained source text

Giue them, O LORD: what wilt thou giue? giue them a miscarying wombe, and drie breasts.

1611 marginal noteHeb. that casteth the fruite.

Joel 2:16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
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1611 witness · Joel 2:16 · retained source text

Gather the people: sanctifie the congregation: assemble the elders: gather the children, and those that sucke the breasts: let the bridegroome goe forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

Nahum 2:7
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
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1611 witness · Nahum 2:7 · retained source text

And Huzzab shall be led away captiue, she shall be brought vp, and her maids shall leade her as with the voyce of doues, tabring vpon their breasts.

1611 marginal noteOr, That which was established, or, there was a stand made.

1611 marginal noteOr, discouered.

Luke 23:48
And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
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1611 witness · Luke 23:48 · retained source text

And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

Revelation 15:6
And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
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1611 witness · Revelation 15:6 · retained source text

And the seuen Angels came out of the Temple, hauing the seuen plagues, clothed in pure and white linnen, and hauing their breasts girded with golden girdles.

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