בְּתוּלָה
be.tu.lah
“virgin”
Definition
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
בְּתוּלָה appears 47 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea,for the sea has spoken:“I have not been in laboror given birth.I have not raised young menor brought up young women.”
Does a maiden forget her jewelryor a bride her wedding sash?Yet My people have forgotten Mefor days without number.
The Lord has rejectedall the mighty men in my midst;He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors.Like grapes in a winepress,the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.
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