GreekG3933Noun

παρθένος

parthenos

14Occurrences
G3933Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a maiden; by implication, an unmarried daughter

of unknown origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a maiden, virgin: (LXX), ff; masc., of chaste persons (CIG, 8784 b) .
LXX: chiefly for בְּתוּלָה, (15), also for נַעַר, נַעֲרָה, and for עַלְמָה,

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

G:N-M/F

Full Description

G:N-M/F

Occurrences

παρθένος appears 14 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
6
Matthew
4
2 Corinthians
1
Acts
1
Luke
1
Revelation
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 7:25BSB

Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 7:34BSB

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:37BSB

But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.

2 Corinthians 11:2BSB

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Luke 1:27BSB

to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.

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