Virginity
παρθένειαStrong’s G3932partheneia
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Partheneia is the Greek word usually translated “marriage”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“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;”
Meaning
Usually translated “marriage”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- marriage 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
παρθένεια partheneia · virginity
παρθενία, -ας, ἡ (παρθένος), [in LXX: Jer.3:4 (נָעוּר), Sir.15:2 42:10, 4Ma.18:8 * ;] virginity: Luk.2:36.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “virginity” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VIRGIN'ITY, noun
[Latin virginitas.]
Maidenhood; the state of having had no carnal knowledge of man.
All definitions and other forms of “virginity”
VIR'GIN'S BOWER, noun
A plant of the genus Clematis.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.