King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1330
Transliteration: bethulah
Phonetic Spelling: (beth-oo-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a virgin
Meaning: a virgin, sometimes, a bride
Word Summary
bethulah: a virgin
Original Word: בְּתוּלָהTransliteration: bethulah
Phonetic Spelling: (beth-oo-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a virgin
Meaning: a virgin, sometimes, a bride
Strong's Concordance
maid, virgin Feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state -- maid, virgin.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1330. bethulah
בְּתוּלָה50 noun feminine virgin (compare Arabic , , Assyrian batultu (also batûlu of young man) 5 R 42:56 see JeremZA 1886, 399; Late Hebrew בְּתוּלָא, ) — Genesis 24:16 19t.; construct בְּתוּלַת Deuteronomy 22:19 12t.; plural בְּתוּלוֺת Esther 2:2 7t.; בְּתֻלוֺת Zechariah 9:17; בְּתוּלֹת Exodus 22:16 2t.; בְּתֻלֹת Lamentations 5:11; suffix בְּתוּלֹתָיו Psalm 78:63 3t.; — one living apart in her father's house as a virgin Genesis 24:16 (J) Exodus 22:15 (E) Leviticus 21:3, 14 (P) Deuteronomy 22:19; Judges 19:24; 2 Samuel 13:2; Job 31:1; Isaiah 62:5; Jeremiah 2:32; 31:13; Joel 1:8; בתולה נערה a virgin damsel Deuteronomy 22:23, 28; Judges 21:12; 1 Kings 1:2; Esther 2:3; ובתולה בחור Deuteronomy 32:25; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Jeremiah 51:22; Ezekiel 9:6; personification of nations ישׂראל בתולת Jeremiah 8:13; 31:4, 21; Amos 5:2; ׳ב ציון בת 2 Kings 19:21 (= Isaiah 37:22; on double stative construct see Ges§ 130. 5 PhiSt. construct 63) Lamentations 2:13; ׳ב עמי בת Jeremiah 14:17; ׳ב יהודה בת Lamentations 1:15; ׳ב צידון בת Isaiah 23:12; ׳ב בבל בת 47:1; מצרים בת ׳ב Jeremiah 46:11; plural virgins Exodus 22:16; 2 Samuel 13:18; Esther 2:2, 17, 19; Psalm 45:15; 78:63; Lamentations 1:4; 2:10; 5:11; Ezekiel 44:22; Amos 8:13; ובתולות בחורים Psalm 148:12; Isaiah 23:4; Zechariah 9:17; Lamentations 1:18; 2:21.