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Lexicon :: Strong's G3933 - parthenos

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παρθένος
Transliteration
parthenos (Key)
Pronunciation
par-then'-os
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of unknown origin
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:826,786

Strong’s Definitions

παρθένος parthénos, par-then'-os; of unknown origin; a maiden; by implication, an unmarried daughter:—virgin.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G3933 in the following manner: virgin (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G3933 in the following manner: virgin (14x).

  1. a virgin

    1. a marriageable maiden

    2. a woman who has never had sexual intercourse with a man

    3. one's marriageable daughter

  2. a man who has abstained from all uncleanness and whoredom attendant on idolatry, and so has kept his chastity

    1. one who has never had intercourse with women

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παρθένος parthénos, par-then'-os; of unknown origin; a maiden; by implication, an unmarried daughter:—virgin.
STRONGS G3933:
παρθένος, παρθένου, ἡ,
1. a virgin: Matthew 1:23 (from Isaiah 7:14); Matthew 25:1,7,11; Luke 1:27; Acts 21:9; 1 Corinthians 7:25, 28, 33(1 Corinthians 7:34) (from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for בְּתוּלָה, several times for נַעֲרָה; twice for עַלמָה i. e. either a marriageable maiden, or a young (married) woman, Genesis 24:43; Isaiah 7:14, on which (last) word cf., besides Gesenius, Thesaurus, p. 1037, Credner, Beiträge as above with ii., p. 197ff; παρθένος of a young bride, newly married woman, Homer, Iliad 2, 514); ἡ παρθένον τίνος, one's marriageable daughter, 1 Corinthians 7:36ff; παρθένον ἁγνή, a pure virgin, 2 Corinthians 11:2.
2. "a man who has abstained from all uncleanness and whoredom attendant on idolatry, and so has kept his chastity": Revelation 14:4, where see DeWette. In ecclesiastical writings one who has never had commerce with women; so of Joseph, in Fabricius, Cod. pseudepigr. Vet. Test. ii., pp. 92, 98; of Abel and Melchizedek, in Suidas (10 a. and 2450 b.); especially of the apostle John, as in Nonnus, metaphorically, ev. Joann. 19, 140 (John 19:26), ἠνίδε παρθένον
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
24:43
Isaiah
7:14; 7:14
Matthew
1:23; 25:1; 25:7; 25:11
Luke
1:27
John
19:26
Acts
21:9
1 Corinthians
7:25; 7:28; 7:33; 7:34; 7:36
2 Corinthians
11:2
Revelation
14:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3933 matches the Greek παρθένος (parthenos),
which occurs 52 times in 50 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - This is my request. I will ask one of them, ‘Please give me a drink from your jug.’ If she says, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!’—let her be the one you have selected as Isaac’s wife. This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - Rebekah was very beautiful and old enough to be married, but she was still a virgin. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - See, I am standing here beside this spring. This is my request. When a young woman comes to draw water, I will say to her, “Please give me a little drink of water from your jug.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - “But we want Rebekah to stay with us at least ten days,” her brother and mother said. “Then she can go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:3 - But then he fell in love with her, and he tried to win her affection with tender words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:16 - “If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and has sex with her, he must pay the customary bride price and marry her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:17 - But if her father refuses to let him marry her, the man must still pay him an amount equal to the bride price of a virgin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:3 - or his virgin sister who depends on him because she has no husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:13 - “The high priest may marry only a virgin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14 - He may not marry a widow, a woman who is divorced, or a woman who has defiled herself by prostitution. She must be a virgin from his own clan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:19 - They must also fine him 100 pieces of silver,[fn] which he must pay to the woman’s father because he publicly accused a virgin of Israel of shameful conduct. The woman will then remain the man’s wife, and he may never divorce her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:23 - “Suppose a man meets a young woman, a virgin who is engaged to be married, and he has sexual intercourse with her. If this happens within a town,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:28 - “Suppose a man has intercourse with a young woman who is a virgin but is not engaged to be married. If they are discovered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - Outside, the sword will bring death,
and inside, terror will strike
both young men and young women,
both infants and the aged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - Here, take my virgin daughter and this man’s concubine. I will bring them out to you, and you can abuse them and do whatever you like. But don’t do such a shameful thing to this man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - Among the residents of Jabesh-gilead they found 400 young virgins who had never slept with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - Amnon became so obsessed with Tamar that he became ill. She was a virgin, and Amnon thought he could never have her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:18 - So the servant put her out and locked the door behind her. She was wearing a long, beautiful robe,[fn] as was the custom in those days for the king’s virgin daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - So his advisers told him, “Let us find a young virgin to wait on you and look after you, my lord. She will lie in your arms and keep you warm.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:21 - And the LORD has spoken this word against him:
“The virgin daughter of Zion
despises you and laughs at you.
The daughter of Jerusalem
shakes her head in derision as you flee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - So the LORD brought the king of Babylon against them. The Babylonians[fn] killed Judah’s young men, even chasing after them into the Temple. They had no pity on the people, killing both young men and young women, the old and the infirm. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:17 - And the king loved Esther more than any of the other young women. He was so delighted with her that he set the royal crown on her head and declared her queen instead of Vashti.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:1 - “I made a covenant with my eyes
not to look with lust at a young woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:14 - In her beautiful robes, she is led to the king,
accompanied by her bridesmaids.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:63

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:63 - Their young men were killed by fire;
their young women died before singing their wedding songs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:12 - young men and young women,
old men and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:14 - All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin[fn] will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:4 - But now you are put to shame, city of Sidon,
for Tyre, the fortress of the sea, says,
“Now I am childless;
I have no sons or daughters.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:22 - the LORD has spoken this word against him:
“The virgin daughter of Zion
despises you and laughs at you.
The daughter of Jerusalem
shakes her head in derision as you flee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:1 - “Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust.
For your days of sitting on a throne have ended.
O daughter of Babylonia,[fn] never again will you be
the lovely princess, tender and delicate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:5 - Your children will commit themselves to you, O Jerusalem,
just as a young man commits himself to his bride.
Then God will rejoice over you
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:32 - Does a young woman forget her jewelry?
Does a bride hide her wedding dress?
Yet for years on end
my people have forgotten me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:13 - So this is what the LORD says:
“Has anyone ever heard of such a thing,
even among the pagan nations?
My virgin daughter Israel
has done something terrible!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:4 - I will rebuild you, my virgin Israel.
You will again be happy
and dance merrily with your tambourines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - The young women will dance for joy,
and the men—old and young—will join in the celebration.
I will turn their mourning into joy.
I will comfort them and exchange their sorrow for rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:21 - Set up road signs;
put up guideposts.
Mark well the path
by which you came.
Come back again, my virgin Israel;
return to your towns here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:11 - “Go up to Gilead to get medicine,
O virgin daughter of Egypt!
But your many treatments
will bring you no healing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:22 - With you I will shatter men and women,
old people and children,
young men and maidens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4 - The roads to Jerusalem[fn] are in mourning,
for crowds no longer come to celebrate the festivals.
The city gates are silent,
her priests groan,
her young women are crying—
how bitter is her fate!

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:15 - “The Lord has treated my mighty men
with contempt.
At his command a great army has come
to crush my young warriors.
The Lord has trampled his beloved city[fn]
like grapes are trampled in a winepress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:18 - “The LORD is right,” Jerusalem says,
“for I rebelled against him.
Listen, people everywhere;
look upon my anguish and despair,
for my sons and daughters
have been taken captive to distant lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - The leaders of beautiful Jerusalem
sit on the ground in silence.
They are clothed in burlap
and throw dust on their heads.
The young women of Jerusalem
hang their heads in shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13 - What can I say about you?
Who has ever seen such sorrow?
O daughter of Jerusalem,
to what can I compare your anguish?
O virgin daughter of Zion,
how can I comfort you?
For your wound is as deep as the sea.
Who can heal you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 - “See them lying in the streets—
young and old,
boys and girls,
killed by the swords of the enemy.
You have killed them in your anger,
slaughtering them without mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:11 - Our enemies rape the women in Jerusalem[fn]
and the young girls in all the towns of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6 - Kill them all—old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin right here at the Temple.” So they began by killing the seventy leaders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:22 - They may choose their wives only from among the virgins of Israel or the widows of the priests. They may not marry other widows or divorced women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:2 - “The virgin Israel has fallen,
never to rise again!
She lies abandoned on the ground,
with no one to help her up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:13 - Beautiful girls and strong young men
will grow faint in that day,
thirsting for the LORD’s word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:17 - How wonderful and beautiful they will be!
The young men will thrive on abundant grain,
and the young women will flourish on new wine.
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