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Virginity

בְּתוּלִיםStrong’s H1331

betulim (be-tu-lim)

Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Betulim is the Hebrew word usually translated “virginiti”, “virginiti of” and “virginiti her”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.

“And he shall take a wife in her virginity.”
Leviticus 21:13 KJV
Meaning
  1. Virginity
How it's translated
  • virginiti 3
  • virginiti of 2
  • virginiti her 2
  • in virginiti her 1
  • virginiti my 1
  • virginiti their 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Deuteronomy 4
  • Judges 2
  • Ezekiel 2
  • Leviticus 1

4 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

בְּתוּלִים betulim · virginity

virginity

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.