Strong G3932παρθένεια

virginity

Transliteration
parthenia
Pronunciation
par-then-ee'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G3933; maidenhood: - virginity.

Detailed definition

παρθενία, -ας, ἡ
(παρθένος), [in LXX: Jer.3:4 (נָעוּר), Sir.15:2 42:10, 4Ma.18:8 *;]
virginity: Luk.2:36.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3932 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • virginity1

First verses

  1. Luke 2:36
    And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παρθεν-εία, ἡ,
virginity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 592, “Tr.” 980)]:—more frequently παρθενία, Epic dialect παρθενίη, [LXX+7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 102, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).48, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 898 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1487 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 894b35, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.502, LXX.Jer.3.4, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 26.2, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.30)]; ἀπὸ τῆς π. or ἀπὸπ., [NT (NT.Luke.2.36, “IG” 12(7).395.20 (from Amorgos))]; ἐκ π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Brutus” 13, “PSI” 1.41.5 (4th c.AD))]; of a man, [Refs (Ach. Tat. 5.20.)]