Word Study · Strong's H1331 · Hebrew
בְּתוּלִים
bethulim
beth-oo-leem'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bᵉthûwlîym
“(collectively and abstractly) virginity”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
(collectively and abstractly) virginity; by implication and concretely, the tokens of it
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] maid, virginity.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- בִבְתוּלֶ֖יהָ1
- בְּתוּלֵ֧י1
- בְּתוּלֵ֣י1
- בְּתוּלַ֔י1
- בְתוּלֶ֑יהָ1
- בְּתוּלֶ֖יהָ1
- בְּתוּלֵיהֶֽן׃1
- בְתוּלִ֖ים1
- בְּתוּלִ֔ים1
- בְּתוּלִֽים׃1
How it is rendered · 7
- virginities3
- virginities her2
- [are] [the] virginities of1
- [the] virginities of1
- in virginities her1
- virginities my1
- virginities their1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine plural3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine plural1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 3
- HNcmpc · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp3fs · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp3fp · 1
- HR/Ncmpc/Sp3fs · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy5 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 22:14בְּתוּלִֽים׃betulimnoun · masculine pluraland 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.”here: virginities
- Deuteronomy 22:15בְּתוּלֵ֧יbetuleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gatehere: [the] virginities of
- Deuteronomy 22:17בְּתוּלִ֔יםbetulimnoun · masculine pluralAnd 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.here: virginities
- Deuteronomy 22:17בְּתוּלֵ֣יbetuleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)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.here: [are] [the] virginities of
- Deuteronomy 22:20בְתוּלִ֖יםvetulimnoun · masculine pluralIf, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,here: virginities
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 11:37בְּתוּלַ֔יbetulainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularShe 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.”here: virginities my
- Judges 11:38בְּתוּלֶ֖יהָbetuleihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.here: virginities her
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 23:3בְּתוּלֵיהֶֽן׃betuleihennoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluraland they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.here: virginities their
- Ezekiel 23:8בְתוּלֶ֑יהָvetuleihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularShe 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.here: virginities her