בְּתוּלִים bᵉthûwlîym

Meaning

(collectively and abstractly) virginity; by implication and concretely, the tokens of it

In the King James Version: [idiom] maid, virginity.

Derivation: masculine plural of the same as H1330 (בְּתוּלָה);

Where it is used

• Leviticus 21:13 The woman he marries must be a virgin.
• Deuteronomy 22:14 and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
• Deuteronomy 22:15 Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
• Deuteronomy 22:17 And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
• Deuteronomy 22:20 If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
• Judges 11:37 She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
• Judges 11:38 “Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
• Ezekiel 23:3 and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.
• Ezekiel 23:8 She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.