Lexical Definition

‎בְּתוּלָה‎ bᵉthûwlâh (beth-oo-law') virgin ^H:N-F
feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate

maid, virgin.

• a virgin (from her privacy)
• sometimes (by continuation) a bride
• also (figuratively) a city or state

1) virgin

See Greek: νύμφη · παρθένος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בְּתוּלָה‎₅₀ noun feminine virgin (compare Arabic , , Assyrian batultu (also batûlu of young man) 5 R 42:56 see Jerem^{ZA 1886, 399}; Late Hebrew ‎בְּתוּלָא‎, ) — Gen 24:16 + 19 t.; construct ‎בְּתוּלַת‎ Deut 22:19 + 12 t.; plural ‎בְּתוּלוֺת‎ Esth 2:2 + 7 t.; ‎בְּתֻלוֺת‎ Zech 9:17 ‎בְּתוּלֹת‎ Exod 22:16* + 2 t.; ‎בְּתֻלֹת‎ Lam 5:11 suffix ‎בְּתוּלֹתָיו‎ Ps 78:63 + 3 t.; — one living apart in her father's house as a virgin Gen 24:16 (J) Exod 22:15* (E) Lev 21:3; Lev 21:14 (P) Deut 22:19; Judg 19:24; 2Sam 13:2; Job 31:1; Isa 62:5; Jer 2:32; Jer 31:13; Joel 1:8 ‎נערה בתולה‎ a virgin damsel Deut 22:23; Deut 22:28; Judg 21:12; 1Kgs 1:2; Esth 2:3 ‎בחור ובתולה‎ Deut 32:25; 2Chr 36:17; Jer 51:22; Ezek 9:6 personification of nations ‎בתולת ישׂראל‎ Jer 8:13; Jer 31:4; Jer 31:21; Amos 5:2 ‎בת ציון‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ 2Kgs 19:21 (= Isa 37:22 on double stative construct see Ges^{«GKC:130»§ 130}. 5 Phi^{St. construct 63}) Lam 2:13 ‎בת עמי‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Jer 14:17 ‎בת יהודה‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Lam 1:15 ‎בת צידון‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Isa 23:12 ‎בת בבל‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Isa 47:1 ‎׳‎‎ב‎ ‎בת מצרים‎ Jer 46:11 plural virgins Exod 22:16*; 2Sam 13:18; Esth 2:2; Esth 2:17; Esth 2:19; Ps 45:15*; Ps 78:63; Lam 1:4; Lam 2:10; Lam 5:11; Ezek 44:22; Amos 8:13 ‎בחורים ובתולות‎ Ps 148:12; Isa 23:4; Zech 9:17; Lam 1:18; Lam 2:21.

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