Lexical Definition
παρθένος parthénos (par-then'-os) virgin G:N-M/F
of unknown origin
virgin.
- a maiden
- by implication, an unmarried daughter
Abbott-Smith
παρθένος, -ου, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for בְּתוּלָה, Ex 22:16 (15), Jb 31:1, Is 23:4, al.; also for נַעַר, נַעֲרָה, Ge 24:14, 16, 55 34:3, and for עַלְמָה, Ge 24:43, Is 7:14;]
a maiden, virgin: Mt 1:23(LXX) 25:1, 7, 11, Lk 1:27, Ac 21:9, I Co 7:25 ff., II Co 11:2; masc., of chaste persons (CIG, 8784 b): Re 14:4.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 24:14 · 24:16 · 24:43 · 24:55 · 34:3 |
| Exodus | 22:15 · 22:16 |
| Job | 31:1 |
| Isaiah | 7:14 · 23:4 |
| Matthew | 1:23 · 25:1 · 25:7 · 25:11 |
| Luke | 1:27 |
| Acts | 21:9 |
| 1 Corinthians | 7:25 |
| 2 Corinthians | 11:2 |
| Revelation | 14:4 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
παρθένος,
Laconian dialect παρσένος [Refs 5th c.BC+]. ἡ, maiden, girl, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἱ ἄθλιαι π. ἐμαί my unhappy girls, [παρθένος 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 514 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. κόρα, of the Sphinx, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θυγάτηρ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Persephone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; virgin, opposed to γυνή, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 of unmarried women who are not virgins, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 Παρθένος, ἡ, the Virgin Goddess, as a title of Athena at Athens, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] (hence of an Attic dialect coin bearing her head, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Artemis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Tauric Iphigenia, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an unnamed goddess, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ ἱεραὶ π., of the Vestal Virgins, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; αἱ Ἑστιάδες π. [Refs]; simply, αἱ π. [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 ={κόρη} [Refs]pupil, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II as adjective, maiden, chaste, παρθένον ψυχὴν ἔχων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μίτρη π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III as masculine, παρθένος, ὁ, unmarried man, [NT]
__IV π. γῆ Samian earth [Refs]