Strong G3933παρθένος
virgin
- Transliteration
- parthenos
- Pronunciation
- par-then'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine or Feminine)
Definition
Of unknown origin; a maiden; by implication an unmarried daughter: - virgin.
Detailed definition
παρθένος, -ου, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for בְּתוּלָה, Exo.22:16 (15), Job.31:1, Isa.23:4, al.; also for נַעַר, נַעֲרָה, Gen.24:14, 16 24:55 34:3, and for עַלְמָה, Gen.24:43, Isa.7:14;]
a maiden, virgin: Mat.1:23 (LXX) Mat.25:1, 7 25:11 Luk.1:27, Act.21:9, 1Co.7:25 ff, 2Co.11:2; masc., of chaste persons (CIG, 8784 b): Rev.14:4.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for בְּתוּלָה, Exo.22:16 (15), Job.31:1, Isa.23:4, al.; also for נַעַר, נַעֲרָה, Gen.24:14, 16 24:55 34:3, and for עַלְמָה, Gen.24:43, Isa.7:14;]
a maiden, virgin: Mat.1:23 (LXX) Mat.25:1, 7 25:11 Luk.1:27, Act.21:9, 1Co.7:25 ff, 2Co.11:2; masc., of chaste persons (CIG, 8784 b): Rev.14:4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3933 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- virgin12
- the1
- unto1
- virgins1
First verses
- Matthew 1:23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
- Matthew 25:1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
- Matthew 25:7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
- Matthew 25:11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
- Luke 1:27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
- Acts 21:9And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
- 1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
- 1 Corinthians 7:28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
- 1 Corinthians 7:34There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
- 1 Corinthians 7:36But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
- 1 Corinthians 7:37Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
- Revelation 14:4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παρθένος,
Laconian dialect παρσένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1263 (Lyric poetry))]. ἡ, maiden, girl, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.127, etc.)]; αἱ ἄθλιαι π. ἐμαί my unhappy girls, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1462, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1302; also γυνὴ παρθένος 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 514)]; π. κόρα, of the Sphinx, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1730 (Lyric poetry))]; θυγάτηρ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.9)]; of Persephone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1342 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 804)]; virgin, opposed to γυνή, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 148, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.65.)]
2 of unmarried women who are not virgins, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.514, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.34, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1219, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 530.)]
3 Παρθένος, ἡ, the Virgin Goddess, as a title of Athena at Athens, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.11.10, 10.34.8)] (hence of an Attic dialect coin bearing her head, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 675))]; of Artemis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 17)]; of the Tauric Iphigenia, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.103)]; of an unnamed goddess, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 46.3 (Halic., 5th c.BC), “IG” 12.108.48,54 (Neapolis in Thrace))]; αἱ ἱεραὶ π., of the Vestal Virgins, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.69, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.89e, etc.)]; αἱ Ἑστιάδες π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Cic.” 19)]; simply, αἱ π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.66.)]
4 the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Virgo”, 4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.5, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 97, etc.)]
5 ={κόρη} [Refs (111,)]pupil, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (X.cited in Longin. 4.4, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.7.)]
II as adjective, maiden, chaste, παρθένον ψυχὴν ἔχων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1006, compare 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Marcellam - Porphyrii Opuscula” 33)]; μίτρη π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“epigram Gr.” 319: _metaphorically_, π. πηγή 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 613.)]
III as masculine, παρθένος, ὁ, unmarried man, [NT (NT.Rev. 14.4.)]
IV π. γῆ Samian earth [Refs (compare (παρθένιος 111), “PMag.Berol.” 2.57.)]
Laconian dialect παρσένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1263 (Lyric poetry))]. ἡ, maiden, girl, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.127, etc.)]; αἱ ἄθλιαι π. ἐμαί my unhappy girls, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1462, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1302; also γυνὴ παρθένος 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 514)]; π. κόρα, of the Sphinx, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1730 (Lyric poetry))]; θυγάτηρ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.9)]; of Persephone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1342 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 804)]; virgin, opposed to γυνή, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 148, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.65.)]
2 of unmarried women who are not virgins, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.514, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.34, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1219, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 530.)]
3 Παρθένος, ἡ, the Virgin Goddess, as a title of Athena at Athens, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.11.10, 10.34.8)] (hence of an Attic dialect coin bearing her head, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 675))]; of Artemis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 17)]; of the Tauric Iphigenia, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.103)]; of an unnamed goddess, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 46.3 (Halic., 5th c.BC), “IG” 12.108.48,54 (Neapolis in Thrace))]; αἱ ἱεραὶ π., of the Vestal Virgins, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.69, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.89e, etc.)]; αἱ Ἑστιάδες π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Cic.” 19)]; simply, αἱ π. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.66.)]
4 the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Virgo”, 4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.5, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 97, etc.)]
5 ={κόρη} [Refs (111,)]pupil, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (X.cited in Longin. 4.4, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.7.)]
II as adjective, maiden, chaste, παρθένον ψυχὴν ἔχων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1006, compare 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Marcellam - Porphyrii Opuscula” 33)]; μίτρη π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“epigram Gr.” 319: _metaphorically_, π. πηγή 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 613.)]
III as masculine, παρθένος, ὁ, unmarried man, [NT (NT.Rev. 14.4.)]
IV π. γῆ Samian earth [Refs (compare (παρθένιος 111), “PMag.Berol.” 2.57.)]