Hebrew noun (feminine) · H1331
בְּתוּלִים
bethulimbeth-oo-leem'
virginity
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bᵉthûwlîym
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1331is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1331
(collectively and abstractly) virginity; by implication and concretely, the tokens of it
The King James renders it: [idiom] maid, virginity.
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
bethulim is rendered "virginity". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Five of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 21:13The woman he marries must be a virgin.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
The woman he marries must be a virgin.
Leviticus 21:13בִבְתוּלֶ֖יהָ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's ten uses are in Deuteronomy.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- virginities3
- virginities her2
- virginities of2
- in virginities her1
- virginities my1
- virginities their1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| בְּתוּלָה | bethulah | virgin | Uses50 |
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 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
- בִבְתוּלֶ֖יהָ1
- בְּתוּלֵ֧י1
- בְּתוּלֵ֣י1
- בְּתוּלַ֔י1
- בְתוּלֶ֑יהָ1
- בְּתוּלֶ֖יהָ1
- בְּתוּלֵיהֶֽן׃1
- בְתוּלִ֖ים1
- בְּתוּלִ֔ים1
- בְּתוּלִֽים׃1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural3HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmpc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HNcmpc/Sp3fs
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine plural1HNcmpc/Sp3fp
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HR/Ncmpc/Sp3fs
Leviticus
one use
The woman he marries must be a virgin.
- בִבְתוּלֶ֖יהָvivtuleihapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in virginities her
Deuteronomy
five uses
and 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.”
- בְּתוּלִֽים׃betulimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: virginities
Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
- בְּתוּלֵ֧יbetuleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: virginities 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.
- בְּתוּלִ֔יםbetulimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: virginities
- בְּתוּלֵ֣יbetuleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: virginities of
If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
- בְתוּלִ֖יםvetulimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: virginities
Judges
two uses
She 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.”
- בְּתוּלַ֔יbetulainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: virginities my
“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
- בְּתוּלֶ֖יהָbetuleihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: virginities her
Ezekiel
two uses
and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.
- בְּתוּלֵיהֶֽן׃betuleihennoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: virginities their
She 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.
- בְתוּלֶ֑יהָvetuleihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: virginities her
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
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 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.