בְּתוּלָה
bᵉthûwlâh · beth-oo-law'
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate;
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
- a virgin (from her privacy)
- sometimes (by continuation) a bride
- also, (figuratively) a city or state
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: maid, virgin.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within of the mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּתוּלָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
50 occurrences · 50 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- virgins5 · 12%
- a virgin4 · 10%
- o virgin4 · 10%
- that is a virgin2 · 5%
- virgin2 · 5%
- concerning him; the virgin2 · 5%
- the virgins2 · 5%
- the virgin2 · 5%
- my virgins2 · 5%
- a maid1 · 2%
- of virgins1 · 2%
- upon a virgin1 · 2%
- and the virgin1 · 2%
- a maiden1 · 2%
- for she was a virgin1 · 2%
- that were virgins1 · 2%
- or maiden1 · 2%
- more than all the virgins1 · 2%
- and when the virgins1 · 2%
- upon a maid1 · 2%
- and their maidens1 · 2%
- and maidens1 · 2%
- can a maid1 · 2%
- for the virgin1 · 2%
- such things: the virgin1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.