TBESH · H1330
בְּתוּלָה · be.tu.lah · virgin
virgin
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בְּתוּלָה (be.tu.lah) means “virgin” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: beth-oo-law' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
בְּתוּלָה · be.tu.lah · virgin
virgin
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feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
KJV glosses: maid, virgin.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a virgin | 8 |
| o virgin | 5 |
| virgin | 5 |
| the virgin | 4 |
| and maidens | 3 |
| the young women | 2 |
| virgins | 2 |
| women | 2 |
| young women | 2 |
| a young woman | 1 |
| and the maiden | 1 |
| and their maidens | 1 |
| does a maiden | 1 |
| her maidens | 1 |
| her virgin | 1 |
| like a virgin | 1 |
| maidens | 1 |
| my virgin | 1 |
| nor young women | 1 |
| of a virgin | 1 |
| of the other virgins | 1 |
| or his unmarried | 1 |
| the maidens | 1 |
| the young woman | 1 |
| was a virgin | 1 |
| when the virgins | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a virgin | 7 |
| virgins | 6 |
| o virgin | 4 |
| concerning him the virgin | 2 |
| my virgins | 2 |
| the maids | 2 |
| the virgin | 2 |
| the virgins | 2 |
| virgin | 2 |
| a maid | 1 |
| a maiden | 1 |
| and maidens | 1 |
| and the maid | 1 |
| and the virgin | 1 |
| and their maidens | 1 |
| and when the virgins | 1 |
| both maids | 1 |
| can a maid | 1 |
| for the virgin | 1 |
| her virgins | 1 |
| like a virgin | 1 |
| maidens | 1 |
| more than all the virgins | 1 |
| of virgins | 1 |
| or maiden | 1 |
| such things the virgin | 1 |
| thee o virgin | 1 |
| then shall the virgin | 1 |
| upon a maid | 1 |
| upon a virgin | 1 |
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Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
Read word by wordIf a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.15
If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.16
or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
Read word by wordHe is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
Read word by wordThey are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
Read word by wordIf there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
Read word by wordIf a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
Read word by wordOutside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
Read word by wordLook, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”
Read word by wordSo they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
Read word by wordAmnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.
Read word by wordSo Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
Read word by wordSo his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
Read word by wordThis is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
Read word by wordSo He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
Read word by wordThen the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,
Read word by wordand let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.
Read word by wordAnd the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
Read word by wordWhen the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
Read word by word“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
Read word by wordIn colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 45.15
Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
Read word by wordyoung men and maidens, old and young together.
Read word by wordBe ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
Read word by wordHe said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”
Read word by wordthis is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
Read word by word“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
Read word by wordFor as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
Read word by wordDoes a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
Read word by wordYou are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.
Read word by wordAgain I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
Read word by wordThen the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
Read word by word“Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.
Read word by wordGo up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
Read word by wordWith you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
Read word by wordThe roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
Read word by wordThe Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.
Read word by wordThe LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
Read word by wordThe elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
Read word by wordWhat can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
Read word by wordBoth young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.
Read word by wordWomen have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
Read word by wordSlaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
Read word by wordAnd they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
Read word by wordWail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
Read word by word“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
Read word by wordIn that day the lovely young women—the young men as well—will faint from thirst.
Read word by wordHow lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
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