Bible Dictionary
BREAST
The front part of the human body or the corresponding area of an animal. Scripture uses the breast literally, for sacrificial portions, nursing, affection, sorrow, and symbolic descriptions of nations.
Biblical Usage
Breasts appear literally in descriptions of nursing and affection, and in sacrificial regulations. Figuratively, Scripture uses them for Israel’s sinful attachments and anguish, and possibly for the humanity and wealth represented by the breast of the image in Daniel.