παρθένος parthenos

Greek word for “virgin” · Strong’s G3933 · used 15 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

παρθένος, -ου, ἡ; a maiden, virgin: (LXX) 25:11, ff; masc., of chaste persons (CIG, 8784 b):.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for parthenos in context, with how often each is used:

• virgin 9
• virgins 5
• pure 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 7 (6), Matthew 25 (3), Matthew 1 (1), Luke 1 (1), Acts 21 (1), 2 Corinthians 11 (1), Revelation 14 (1)

Forms

• παρθένον 5
• παρθένοι 4
• παρθένος 3
• παρθένοις 1
• παρθένου 1
• παρθένων 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with parthenos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• γαμέω gameō “to marry” 3
• λαμπάς lampas “window” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 4
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 3
• καλῶς kalōs “well” 2
• ἁμαρτάνω hamartanō “to sin” 2
• τότε tote “then” 2
• γυνή gunē “woman” 2
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 2
• περί peri “about” 2
• ἐάν ean “if” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 2

Key verses

The verses using parthenos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 1:23 — Behold, 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 25:1 — Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
• Matthew 25:11 — Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
• Luke 1:27 — To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
• Acts 21:9 — And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
• 1 Corinthians 7:25 — Now 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 7:28 — But 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 7:34 — There 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:…
• 1 Corinthians 7:36 — But 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…
• 1 Corinthians 7:38 — So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
• 2 Corinthians 11:2 — For 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 14:4 — These 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.