Words the Bible translates as young woman
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- batבַּתdaughter: a female child in relation to her parents
- parthenosπαρθένοςa young unmarried woman of marriageable age, expected by custom to be sexually untouched
- na'arahנַעֲרָהa girl or young woman: a female past childhood but not yet settled as a wife or mother, often one of marriageable age
- betulahבְּתוּלָהa young woman past childhood and old enough to marry but not yet married, usually still in her father's household
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- a poetic title for a city or nation pictured as an unconquered young woman, as in "Virgin Daughter of Zion"
- almahעַלְמָהa young woman who has reached the age to marry and bear children
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