Hebrew noun (feminine) · H1330
בְּתוּלָה
bethulahbeth-oo-law'
virgin
50 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bᵉthûwlâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1330is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 19 of 39Old Testament books
- 35spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1330
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
The King James renders it: maid, virgin.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
bethulah is rendered "virgin". It stands 50 times in the Hebrew text, across nineteen books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 24:16Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-five different ways.
The first use
Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
Genesis 24:16בְּתוּלָ֕ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in nineteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a virgin10
- virgin of7
- O virgin of5
- virgins5
- the virgins4
- young women3
- and young woman2
- the virgin2
- virgin2
- young women my2
- a young woman1
- and virgin1
and 6 more, 50 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בְּתוּלִים | bethulim | virginity | Uses10 |
The words it stands beside
All 50, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
35 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּתוּלַ֖ת5
- בְּתוּלַת֙4
- בְתוּלָ֔ה3
- בְּתוּלַ֣ת3
- בְּתוּלָ֔ה2
- בְּתוּלָה֙2
- בְּתוּל֖וֹת2
- בְּתוּלֹתַ֥י2
- בְתוּלָה֙1
- בְתוּלָ֖ה1
- בְ֠תוּלָה1
- בְּתוּלָ֕ה1
and 23 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular14HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)12HNcfsc
- noun · feminine plural8HNcfpa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural4HTd/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular3HC/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HNcfpc/Sp1bs
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2HTd/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncfpc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfpc
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcfpc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfsc
Genesis
one use
Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
- בְּתוּלָ֕הbetulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a virgin
Exodus
two uses
If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
- בְּתוּלָ֛הbetulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a virgin
If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
- הַבְּתוּלֹֽת׃ סhabetulotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the virgins
Leviticus
two uses
or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
- הַבְּתוּלָה֙habetulahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the virgin
He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
- בְּתוּלָ֥הbetulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a virgin
Deuteronomy
four uses
They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
- בְּתוּלַ֣תbetulatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: virgin of
If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
- בְתוּלָ֔הvetulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a virgin
If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
- בְתוּלָה֙vetulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a virgin
Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
- בְּתוּלָ֔הbetulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: young woman
Judges
two uses
Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”
- הַבְּתוּלָ֜הhabetulahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the virgin
So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
- בְתוּלָ֔הvetulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: virgin
2 Samuel
two uses
Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.
- בְתוּלָ֖הvetulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a virgin
So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
- הַבְּתוּלֹ֖תhabetulotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the virgins
1 Kings
one use
So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
- בְתוּלָ֔הvetulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a virgin
2 Kings
one use
This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- בְּתוּלַת֙betulatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: virgin of
2 Chronicles
one use
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
- וּבְתוּלָ֖הuvetulahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and young woman
Esther
four uses
Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,
- בְּתוּל֖וֹתbetulotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: virgins
and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.
- בְ֠תוּלָהvetulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: virgin
And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
- הַבְּתוּלֹ֑תhabetulotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the virgins
When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
- בְּתוּל֖וֹתbetulotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: virgins
Job
one use
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
- בְּתוּלָֽה׃betulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a virgin
Psalms
three uses
In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
- בְּתוּל֣וֹתbetulotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: virgins
Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
- וּ֝בְתוּלֹתָ֗יוuvetulotavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and young women its
young men and maidens, old and young together.
- בְּתוּל֑וֹתbetulotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: young women
Isaiah
five uses
Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
- בְתוּלֽוֹת׃vetulotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: young women
He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”
- בְּתוּלַ֣תbetulatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: virgin of
this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- בְּתוּלַת֙betulatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: virgin of
“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- בְּתוּלַת֙betulatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O virgin of
For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
- בְּתוּלָ֔הbetulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a young woman
Jeremiah
eight uses
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
- בְּתוּלָה֙betulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a virgin
You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
- בְּתוּלַת֙betulatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: virgin of
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.
- בְּתוּלַ֖תbetulatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: virgin of
Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
- בְּתוּלַ֖תbetulatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O virgin of
Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
- בְּתוּלָה֙betulahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a virgin
“Set up the roadmarks, establish the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.
- בְּתוּלַ֣תbetulatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O virgin of
Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
- בְּתוּלַ֖תbetulatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O virgin of
With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
- וּבְתוּלָֽה׃uvetulahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and young woman
Lamentations
seven uses
The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
- בְּתוּלֹתֶ֥יהָbetuloteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: virgins her
The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.
- לִבְתוּלַ֖תlivtulatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for virgin of
The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
- בְּתוּלֹתַ֥יbetulotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: young women my
The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
- בְּתוּלֹ֖תbetulotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: virgins of
What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
- בְּתוּלַ֖תbetulatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O virgin of
Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.
- בְּתוּלֹתַ֥יbetulotainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: young women my
Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
- בְּתֻלֹ֖תbetulotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: virgins
Ezekiel
two uses
Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
- וּבְתוּלָה֩uvetulahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and virgin
And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
- בְּתוּלֹ֗תbetulotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: virgins
Joel
one use
Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
- כִּבְתוּלָ֥הkivtulahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: like a virgin
Amos
two uses
“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
- בְּתוּלַ֖תbetulatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: virgin of
In that day the lovely young women—the young men as well—will faint from thirst.
- הַבְּתוּלֹ֧תhabetulotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the virgins
Zechariah
one use
How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
- בְּתֻלֽוֹת׃betulotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: young women
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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
