Words the Bible translates as virgin
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- parthenosπαρθένοςa young unmarried woman of marriageable age, expected by custom to be sexually untouched
- betulahבְּתוּלָהa poetic title for a city or nation pictured as an unconquered young woman, as in "Virgin Daughter of Zion"
+1 more meaning
- a young woman past childhood and old enough to marry but not yet married, usually still in her father's household
- almahעַלְמָהa young woman who has reached the age to marry and bear children
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