Hebrew word · H1330
בְּתוּלָה
vetulah
virgin
Appears 50 times in 50 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.
Where it appears
Genesis · 1
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Genesis 24:16 בְּתוּלָ֕ה a virgin
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.
Exodus · 2
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Exodus 22:16 בְּתוּלָ֛ה a virgin
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.
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Exodus 22:17 הַבְּתוּלֹֽת׃ ס <the> virgins
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.
Leviticus · 2
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Leviticus 21:3 הַבְּתוּלָה֙ the virgin
or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
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Leviticus 21:14 בְּתוּלָ֥ה a 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,
Deuteronomy · 4
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Deuteronomy 22:19 בְּתוּלַ֣ת [the] virgin of
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.
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Deuteronomy 22:23 בְתוּלָ֔ה a virgin
If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
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Deuteronomy 22:28 בְתוּלָה֙ 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,
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Deuteronomy 32:25 בְּתוּלָ֔ה young woman
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.
Judges · 2
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Judges 19:24 הַבְּתוּלָ֜ה the virgin
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.”
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Judges 21:12 בְתוּלָ֔ה virgin[s]
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.
2 Samuel · 2
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2 Samuel 13:2 בְתוּלָ֖ה [was] a virgin
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.
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2 Samuel 13:18 הַבְּתוּלֹ֖ת the virgins
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.
1 Kings · 1
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1 Kings 1:2 בְתוּלָ֔ה a virgin
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.”
2 Kings · 1
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2 Kings 19:21 בְּתוּלַת֙ [the] 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.
2 Chronicles · 1
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2 Chronicles 36:17 וּבְתוּלָ֖ה and young woman
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,
Esther · 4
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Esther 2:2 בְּתוּל֖וֹת virgins
Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,
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Esther 2:3 בְ֠תוּלָה virgin
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.
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Esther 2:17 הַבְּתוּלֹ֑ת the virgins
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.
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Esther 2:19 בְּתוּל֖וֹת virgins
When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
Job · 1
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Job 31:1 בְּתוּלָֽה׃ a virgin
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
Psalms · 3
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Psalm 45:14 בְּתוּל֣וֹת virgins
In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
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Psalm 78:63 וּ֝בְתוּלֹתָ֗יו and young women its
Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
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Psalm 148:12 בְּתוּל֑וֹת young women
young men and maidens, old and young together.
Isaiah · 5
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Isaiah 23:4 בְתוּלֽוֹת׃ young women
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.”
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Isaiah 23:12 בְּתוּלַ֣ת [the] virgin of
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.”
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Isaiah 37:22 בְּתוּלַת֙ [the] 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.
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Isaiah 47:1 בְּתוּלַת֙ O virgin of
“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
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Isaiah 62:5 בְּתוּלָ֔ה a young woman
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.
Jeremiah · 8
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Jeremiah 2:32 בְּתוּלָה֙ a virgin
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
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Jeremiah 14:17 בְּתוּלַת֙ [the] virgin of
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.
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Jeremiah 18:13 בְּתוּלַ֖ת [the] 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.
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Jeremiah 31:4 בְּתוּלַ֖ת O 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.
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Jeremiah 31:13 בְּתוּלָה֙ a virgin
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.
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Jeremiah 31:21 בְּתוּלַ֣ת O virgin of
“Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.
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Jeremiah 46:11 בְּתוּלַ֖ת 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.
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Jeremiah 51:22 וּבְתוּלָֽה׃ and young woman
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.
Lamentations · 7
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Lamentations 1:4 בְּתוּלֹתֶ֥יהָ virgins her
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.
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Lamentations 1:15 לִבְתוּלַ֖ת for [the] virgin of
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.
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Lamentations 1:18 בְּתוּלֹתַ֥י young women my
The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
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Lamentations 2:10 בְּתוּלֹ֖ת [the] virgins of
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.
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Lamentations 2:13 בְּתוּלַ֖ת O virgin 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?
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Lamentations 2:21 בְּתוּלֹתַ֥י young women my
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.
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Lamentations 5:11 בְּתֻלֹ֖ת virgins
Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
Ezekiel · 2
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Ezekiel 9:6 וּבְתוּלָה֩ and virgin
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.
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Ezekiel 44:22 בְּתוּלֹ֗ת virgins
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.
Joel · 1
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Joel 1:8 כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה like a virgin
Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
Amos · 2
Zechariah · 1
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Zechariah 9:17 בְּתֻלֽוֹת׃ young women
How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
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