παρθεν-εία G3932
virginity, the state of being an unmarried virgin
A noun denoting the state or condition of virginity—being unmarried and sexually chaste. Luke 2:36 uses it in describing Anna who lived with her husband seven years 'from her virginity'—that is, from the time of her marriage. The phrase marks the transition from virgin state to married life. Ancient Mediterranean culture placed high value on female virginity before marriage, making this status marker socially and religiously significant.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Luke 2:36 describes Anna living with her husband seven years 'from her virginity' (παρθενίας). The translation evidence (English 'virginity', Spanish 'virginidad', French 'virginité') marks her unmarried state before marriage. The detail establishes Anna's biography: married young, widowed after seven years, then decades of temple service. The 'from virginity' phrase emphasizes she entered marriage as an honorable virgin, maintaining cultural and religious standards. 1×
AR["عُذْرِيَّتِهَا"]·ben["কুমারীত্বের"]·DE["παρθενίας"]·EN["virginity"]·FR["virginité"]·heb["בְּתוּלָה"]·HI["कुंवारेपन"]·ID["itu"]·IT["parthenias"]·jav["keprawan"]·KO["처녀시절-의"]·PT["virgindade"]·RU["девства"]·ES["virginidad"]·SW["ubikira"]·TR["bakirelikten"]·urd["کنوارپن"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
παρθεν-εία, ἡ, virginity, Refs 5th c.BC+:—more frequently παρθενία, Epic dialect παρθενίη, LXX+7th c.BC+; ἀπὸ τῆς π. or ἀπὸπ., NT; ἐκ π. Refs 1st c.AD+; of a man, Refs