Topic
Breast
26 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 29:26ISBE
And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
- Exodus 29:27ISBE
And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
- Leviticus 7:30ISBE
His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD.
- Leviticus 7:31ISBE
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
- Leviticus 7:34ISBE
For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.
- Leviticus 8:29ISBE
And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses’ part; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 10:14ISBE
And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
- Leviticus 10:15ISBE
The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.
- Numbers 6:20ISBE
And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
- Numbers 18:18ISBE
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
- Job 24:9ISBE
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
- Song of Songs 8:1ISBE
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
Show 14 more
- Song of Songs 8:8 ISBE
- Song of Songs 8:10 ISBE
- Isaiah 60:16 ISBE
- Lamentations 4:3 ISBE
- Ezekiel 20:8 ISBE
- Ezekiel 23:3 ISBE
- Ezekiel 23:8 ISBE
- Ezekiel 23:34 ISBE
- Daniel 2:32 ISBE
- Hosea 2:2 ISBE
- Luke 18:13 ISBE
- Luke 23:48 ISBE
- John 13:25 ISBE
- John 21:20 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 27 references
brest: Signifying the front view of the bust in humans and the corresponding portion of the body in animals. chazeh, occurs in Ex 29:26,27; Le 7:30,31,34; 8:29; 10:14,15; Nu 6:20; 18:18; and chadhi, in Da 2:32. shadh or shodh = "breast" in the sense of pap of a woman or animal (Job 24:9; So 8:1,8,10; Isa 60:16; La 4:3). Only one word occurs with this signification in the New Testament: stethos = "bosom," "chest" (Lu 18:13; 23:48; Joh 13:25; 21:20).
See WAVE OFFERING.
Figurative: "The breasts of virginity," pressed and bruised (Eze 23:3,8 the King James Version), indicative of Ezekiel's belief that Israel practiced idolatry in Egypt (compare Eze 20:8). "To tear (pluck off) thy breasts" (Eze 23:34) denotes the anguish of the people in parting with their beloved sin (compare Ho 2:2). "Its breast of silver" (Da 2:32) is possibly expressive of the humanity and wealth of the Medo-Persian empire.
Frank E. Hirsch
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.