Betulim בְּתוּלִים
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| בְּתוּלִים | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | betulim |
| Strong's number | H1331 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | virginity |
| Occurrences | 10 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Deuteronomy (4) |
Betulim (Hebrew בְּתוּלִים, Strong's H1331) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “virginity”. It occurs 10 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
virginity
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | virginity (8), maid (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | virginity (3), virgin (2), must be a virgin (1), my virginity (1), her virginity (1), their virgin (1), her virgin (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Betulim, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 21:13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.The woman he marries must be a virgin.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 22:14And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
- Deuteronomy 22:15Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
- Deuteronomy 22:17And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
- Deuteronomy 22:20But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
Judges
- Judges 11:37And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
- Judges 11:38And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 23:3And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.
- Ezekiel 23:8Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).