παρθένος, παρθένου, ἡ, 1. a virgin: Mat_1:23 (from Isa_7:14); ; Luk_1:27; Act_21:9; 1Co_7:25; 1Co_7:28; 1Co_7:33() (from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for αΐΜϊεΜμΘδ, several times for πΗςΒψΘδ; twice for ςΗμξΘδ i. e. either a marriageable maiden, or a young (married) woman, Gen_24:43; Isa_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, 1Co_7:36 ff; παρθένον ἁγνή, a pure virgin, 2Co_11:2. 2. "a man who has abstained from all uncleanness and whoredom attendant on idolatry, and so has kept his chastity": Rev_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 (Joh_19:26), ἠνίδε παρθένον

παρθένος parthenos 15x a virgin, maid, Mat_1:23 ; Mat_25:1 ; Mat_25:7 ; Mat_25:11 ; Act_21:9 ; in NT also masc., chaste, Rev_14:4 virgin.

παρθένος , -ου , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for H1330 , Exo_22:16 (15), Job_31:1 , Isa_23:4 , al. ; also for H5288 , H5291 , Gen_24:14 ; Gen_24:16 ; Gen_24:55 ; Gen_34:3 , and for H5959 , Gen_24:43 , Isa_7:14 ;] a maiden, virgin: Mat_1:23 ( LXX ) Mat_25:1 ; Mat_25:7 ; Mat_25:11 Luk_1:27 , Act_21:9 , 1Co_7:25 ff , 2Co_11:2 ; masc., of chaste persons (CIG, 8784 b) : Rev_14:4 .†

παρθένος [page 494] maiden, virgin : cf. P Ryl II. 125 .28 (A.D. 28 9) διὰ τῆς ἑατοῦ θυγατρὸς παρθένου , and P Lond 983 .4 (iv/A.D.) (= III. p. 229), where a man complains of abusive language addressed τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ συμβίῳ καὶ τῇ παρθένῳ μου θυγατρί . In Kaibel 565 .3 (not later than ii/A.D.) παρθένος is a child of five years of age. For the rare fern. form ἡ παρθένη (cf. MGr παρθένα ), Hatzidakis ( Einl . p. 24) cites a papyrus published in thz Journal des Savants , 1873, p. 100. In farm accounts, P Fay 102 .30 ( c. A.D. 105), payments are made for παρθέ (νων ) λικνιζουσῶ (ν ), girls winnowing. For αἱ παρθένοι αἱ ἱεραί , see the citation from Michel 694 s.v. εἶτεν , and cf. W. M. Ramsay Ann. of Brit. School at Athens xviii. p. 58. The masc. used of men who have not known women in Rev_14:4 may be paralleled from CIG IV. 8784 b Σκεῦος θεουργὸν (cf. Act_9:15 ) συλλαλείτω παρθένῳ βλάβης σκέπεσθαι δεσπότην Κωνσταντῖνον : cf. also Joseph and Asenath 3 ἐστὶν δὲ οὗτος ὁ Ἰωσὴφ ἀνὴρ θεοσεβὴς καὶ σώφρων καὶ παρθένος , ib. 6 ἄσπασον τὸν ἀδελφόν σου , διότι καὶ αὐτὸς παρθένος . The adj. παρθεν (ε )ίος is found in the illiterate P Ryl II. 435 .2 (ii/A.D.) παρήγκελκά συ ( l. παρήγγελκά σοι ) ἄλλα (for accentuation, Archiv vi. p. 379) ἅπαξ ὅτι ἆρε̣ν ( l. ἆρον ) τὰ παρθένειά σου τέκνα , I have charged you more than once Take away your children born of a maiden : cf. παρθενικός in P Lond 47 .41 (ii/A.D.) (= I. p. 82) δάφνη παρθε [νι ]κή . See also P Par 57 ii. 21 (B.C. 156) where for παρθένην Wilcken ( UPZ i. p. 445) suggests παρθενικήν or παρθ̣ένειον with ζώνην understood. For different forms of the word used as proper names see Preisigke Namenbuch.

παρθένος παρθένος, ἡ, "a maid, maiden, virgin, girl", Hom. , etc. Παρθένος, as a name of Athena at Athens, of Artemis, etc. as adj. "maiden, virgin, chaste", πάρθενον ψυχὴν ἔχων Eur. : metaph., π. πηγή Aesch. ; παρθένοι τριήρεις "maiden", i. e. "new", ships, Ar. as masc., παρθένος, "an unmarried man", NTest. [Etym: deriv. uncertain]

παρθένος, -ου, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for בְּתוּלָה, Exo.22:16 (15), Job.31:1, Isa.23:4, al.; also for נַעַר, נַעֲרָה, Gen.24:14, 16 24:55 34:3, and for עַלְמָה, Gen.24:43, Isa.7:14 ;] a maiden, virgin: Mat.1:23 (LXX) Mat.25:1, 7 25:11 Luk.1:27, Act.21:9, 1Co.7:25 ff, 2Co.11:2; masc., of chaste persons (CIG, 8784 b) : Rev.14:4.† (AS)