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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 35
    spellings

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.

The other 20 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

בְּתוּלִיםbethulimvirginityUses10

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.

    Genesis 24:16

    • 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.

    Exodus 22:16

    • 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.

    Exodus 22:17

    • 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.

    Leviticus 21:3

    • 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,

    Leviticus 21:14

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 22:19

    • 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,

    Deuteronomy 22:23

    • 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,

    Deuteronomy 22:28

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 32:25

    • 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.”

    Judges 19:24

    • 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.

    Judges 21:12

    • 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.

    2 Samuel 13:2

    • 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.

    2 Samuel 13:18

    • 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.”

    1 Kings 1:2

    • 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.

    2 Kings 19:21

    • 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,

    2 Chronicles 36:17

    • 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,

    Esther 2:2

    • 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.

    Esther 2:3

    • 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.

    Esther 2:17

    • 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.

    Esther 2:19

    • 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?

    Job 31:1

    • 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.

    Psalms 45:14

    • בְּתוּל֣וֹתbetulotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: virgins
  • Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.

    Psalms 78:63

    • 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.

    Psalms 148:12

    • 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.”

    Isaiah 23:4

    • 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.”

    Isaiah 23:12

    • 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.

    Isaiah 37:22

    • 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.

    Isaiah 47:1

    • 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.

    Isaiah 62:5

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 2:32

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 14:17

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 18:13

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 31:4

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 31:13

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 31:21

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 46:11

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 51:22

    • 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.

    Lamentations 1:4

    • 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.

    Lamentations 1:15

    • 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.

    Lamentations 1:18

    • 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.

    Lamentations 2:10

    • 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?

    Lamentations 2:13

    • 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.

    Lamentations 2:21

    • 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.

    Lamentations 5:11

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 9:6

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 44:22

    • בְּתוּלֹ֗תbetulotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: virgins

Joel

one use
  • Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

    Joel 1:8

    • 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.”

    Amos 5:2

    • 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.

    Amos 8:13

    • 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.

    Zechariah 9:17

    • בְּתֻלֽוֹת׃betulotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: young women

The letters

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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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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