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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
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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, ,
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); 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 15 times in 14 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:23 - “BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN G3933 SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME [fn]IMMANUEL,” which translated means, “GOD WITH US.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:1 -

“Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins G3933, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:7 - “Then all those virgins G3933 rose and trimmed their lamps.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:11 - “And later the other virgins G3933 also *came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.’
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:27 - to a virgin G3933 betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the [fn]house of David, and the virgin’s G3933 name was [fn]Mary.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:9 - Now this man had four virgin G3933 daughters who prophesied.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:25 -

Now concerning virgins G3933 I have no command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who [fn]by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:28 - But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin G3933 marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have [fn]trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:34 - and his interests have been divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin G3933, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit. But one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:36 -

But if any man thinks that he is acting unbecomingly toward his virgin G3933 daughter, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin; let [fn]her marry.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:37 - But he who stands firm in his heart, [fn]being under no compulsion, but has authority [fn]over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin G3933 daughter, he will do well.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:38 - So then both he who gives his own virgin G3933 daughter in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:2 - For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, for I betrothed you to one husband, so that I might present you as a pure virgin G3933 to Christ.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:4 - These are the ones who are not defiled with women, for they are virgins G3933. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
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