בְּתוּלָהbᵉthûwlâh

virgin (Genesis 24:16; Deuteronomy 22:19; Esther 2:2; Zechariah 9:17; Exodus 22:16)

Pronunciation: beth-oo-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1330

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Where it appears

Appears 50 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 24:16 Rebekah was very beautiful and old enough to be married, but she was still a virgin. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up again.
  • Exodus 22:16 “If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and has sex with her, he must pay the customary bride price and marry her.
  • Exodus 22:17 But if her father refuses to let him marry her, the man must still pay him an amount equal to the bride price of a virgin.
  • Leviticus 21:3 or his virgin sister who depends on him because she has no husband.
  • Leviticus 21:14 He may not marry a widow, a woman who is divorced, or a woman who has defiled herself by prostitution. She must be a virgin from his own clan,
  • Deuteronomy 22:19 They must also fine him 100 pieces of silver, which he must pay to the woman’s father because he publicly accused a virgin of Israel of shameful conduct. The woman will then remain the man’s wife, and he may never divorce her.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).