בְּתוּלָה betulah

Hebrew word for “virgin” · Strong’s H1330 · used 50 times in 50 verses

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Meaning

virgin

How it is translated

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

• virgin 27
• virgins 12
• young women 6
• young woman 4
• like a virgin 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Esther 2 (4), Deuteronomy 22 (3), Jeremiah 31 (3), Lamentations 1 (3), Lamentations 2 (3), Exodus 22 (2), Leviticus 21 (2), 2 Samuel 13 (2), Isaiah 23 (2), Genesis 24 (1)

Forms

• בתולה 14
• בתולת 14
• בתולות 5
• הבתולת 4
• ובתולה 3
• הבתולה 2
• בתולתי 2
• ובתולתיו 1
• בתולתיה 1
• לבתולת 1

Words used with it

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

• בָּחוּר bachur “youth” 14
• נַעֲרָה naarah “maiden” 8
• בַּת bat “daughter” 11
• זָקֵן zaqen “old” 7
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 9
• צִיּוֹן tsiyyon “Zion” 6
• ךְ kh “you” 6
• שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 5
• אָרַשׂ aras “to betroth” 3
• נַעַר naar “youth” 4
• מַרְאֶה mareh “appearance” 3
• יָרַד yarad “to go down” 4

Key verses

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

• 2 Chronicles 36:17 — Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon…
• Isaiah 37:22 — This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of…
• Isaiah 47:1 — Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be…
• Jeremiah 2:32 — Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
• Jeremiah 14:17 — Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is…
• Jeremiah 31:4 — Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them…
• Lamentations 1:15 — The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the…
• Lamentations 1:18 — The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone…
• Lamentations 2:10 — The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth:…
• Lamentations 2:21 — The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger;…
• Ezekiel 9:6 — Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they…
• Zechariah 9:17 — For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

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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.