שַׁד shad

Hebrew word for “breast” · Strong’s H7699 · used 24 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

1) breast, bosom, (female) breast;

Senses in the lexicon

• breast (21)
• breast (3)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shad in context, with how often each is used:

• breasts 20
• breast 4

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Song of Solomon 7 (3), Song of Solomon 8 (3), Ezekiel 23 (3), Genesis 49 (1), Job 3 (1), Job 24 (1), Psalms 22 (1), Song of Solomon 1 (1), Song of Solomon 4 (1), Isaiah 28 (1)

Forms

• שׁדים 5
• שׁדי 4
• שׁדיך 3
• ושׁדיך 2
• ושׁדים 2
• משׁד 2
• ושׁדי 1
• משׁדים 1
• שׁד 1
• שׁדיהן 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יָנַק yanaq “to suckle” 6
• צְבִיָּה tseviyyah “gazelle” 2
• דַּד dad “breast” 2
• עֹפֶר opher “fawn” 2
• תּוֹאָם taom “twin” 2
• תָּמָר tamar “palm” 2
• אֶשְׁכּוֹל eshkol “cluster” 2
• אֵם em “mother” 3
• חָלָב chalav “milk” 2
• נְעוּרִים naur “youth” 2
• גֶּפֶן gephen “vine” 2
• מָה mah “what?” 3

Key verses

The verses using shad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 49:25 — Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth…
• Song of Solomon 1:13 — A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
• Song of Solomon 4:5 — Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
• Song of Solomon 8:1 — 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.
• Song of Solomon 8:8 — We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
• Isaiah 28:9 — Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
• Isaiah 60:16 — Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the…
• Lamentations 4:3 — Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
• Ezekiel 16:7 — I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are…
• Ezekiel 23:3 — And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their…
• 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…
• 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…

See all 24 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.