παρθἐνος
PARTHENOS: VIRGIN

"For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. " 2 Corinthians 11:2

Illustrations of English words
derived from the Greek in the New Testament.

By Gaylon West.






Parthenon (n.)

name of the temple of Athena on the Acropolis in Athens, Greek, literally "temple of the virgin goddess" (Athene), from parthenos "virgin, maiden, girl," of unknown origin in the Greek. The temple has a copy in Nashville, TN. parthenos G3933 Thayer Definition: 1) a virgin 1a) a marriageable maiden 1b) a woman who has never had sexual intercourse with a man 1c) one’s marriageable daughter 2) a man who has abstained from all uncleanness and whoredom attendant on idolatry, and so has kept his chastity 2a) one who has never had intercourse with women Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by Thayer's/Strong's Number: of unknown origin The KJV NT Concordance: translates parthenos Strong's G3933 in the following manner: virgin (14 times). vii a virgin a marriageable maiden a woman who has never had sexual intercourse with a man one's marriageable daughter a man who has abstained from all uncleanness and whoredom attendant on idolatry, and so has kept his chastity one who has never had intercourse with women Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS G3933: παρθένος, παρθένου, ἡ, 1. a virgin: Matthew 1:23 (from Isaiah 7:14); Matthew 25:1,7,11; Luke 1:27; Acts 21:9; 1 Corinthians 7:25, 28, 33(1 Corinthians 7:34) (from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for בְּתוּלָה, several times for נַעֲרָה; twice for עַלמָה i. e. either a marriageable maiden, or a young (married) woman, Genesis 24:43; Isaiah 7:14, on which (last) word cf., besides Gesenius, Thesaurus, p. 1037, Credner, Beiträge as above with ii., p. 197ff; παρθένος of a young bride, newly married woman, Homer, Iliad 2, 514); ἡ παρθένον τίνος, one's marriageable daughter, 1 Corinthians 7:36ff; παρθένον ἁγνή, a pure virgin, 2 Corinthians 11:2. 2. "a man who has abstained from all uncleanness and whoredom attendant on idolatry, and so has kept his chastity": Revelation 14:4, where see DeWette. In ecclesiastical writings one who has never had commerce with women; so of Joseph, in Fabricius, Cod. pseudepigr. Vet. Test. ii., pp. 92, 98; of Abel and Melchizedek, in Suidas (10 a. and 2450 b.); especially of the apostle John, as in Nonnus, metaphorically, ev. Joann. 19, 140 (John 19:26), ἠνίδε παρθένον G3933 is currently translation of the OT Hebrew word (Masoretic: H5959 עַלְמָה‛ almâh al-maw' Feminine of H5958; a lass (as veiled or private): - damsel, maid, virgin. Total KJV occurrences: 7 of the Hebrew H5959 (virgin). maid, 2 Exodus 2:8, Proverbs 30:19 virgin, 2 Proverbs 24:43, Isaiah 7:14 virgins, 2 Song of Solomon 1:3, Song of Solomon 6:8 damsels, 1 Psalm 68:25

also see on the virgin birth: