παρθένος,
παρθένου,
ἡ,
1. a virgin:
Matthew 1:23 (from
Isaiah 7:14);
Matthew 25:1,7,11;
Luke 1:27;
Acts 21:9;
1 Corinthians 7:25, 28, 33(
1 Corinthians 7:34) (from
Homer down; the
Sept. chiefly for
בְּתוּלָה, several times for
נַעֲרָה; twice for
עַלמָה i. e. either
a marriageable maiden, or a young (married) woman, Genesis 24:43;
Isaiah 7:14, on which (last) word cf., besides Gesenius, Thesaurus, p. 1037, Credner, Beiträge as above with ii., p. 197ff;
παρθένος of a young bride, newly married woman,
Homer, Iliad 2, 514);
ἡ παρθένον τίνος, one's marriageable daughter,
1 Corinthians 7:36ff;
παρθένον ἁγνή, a pure virgin,
2 Corinthians 11:2.
2. "a man who has abstained from all uncleanness and whoredom attendant on idolatry, and so has kept his chastity":
Revelation 14:4, where see DeWette. In ecclesiastical writings
one who has never had commerce with women; so of Joseph, in Fabricius, Cod. pseudepigr. Vet. Test. ii., pp. 92, 98; of Abel and Melchizedek, in
Suidas (10 a. and 2450 b.); especially of the apostle John, as in
Nonnus, metaphorically, ev. Joann. 19, 140 (
John 19:26),
ἠνίδε παρθένον
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Genesis
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24:43
- Isaiah
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7:14; 7:14
- Matthew
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1:23; 25:1; 25:7; 25:11
- Luke
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1:27
- John
-
19:26
- Acts
-
21:9
- 1 Corinthians
-
7:25; 7:28; 7:33; 7:34; 7:36
- 2 Corinthians
-
11:2
- Revelation
-
14:4
