Question on Genesis 34:3 LXX

Mark Wilson emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 6 13:23:59 EST 2002


George:

You wrote:

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>My apologies for quoting a quotation, but I can't locate the original.
>
>I doubt very seriously the assertion that PARQENOS in the NT can ONLY mean
>virgin.  Consider the case of Mt 25.1-13.  In this case the meaning could
>be virgins, but it seems to me that it is used more analogously to our term
>'bridesmaids'.  It is probably somewhat unusual if you find a wedding where
>there isn't at least one married bridesmaid.  I doubt seriously that the
>usage at the time was much different.
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In that case, since in English we use "virgin" to mean exactly that, do
you believe there was ANY word in the Greek that denoted "virgin." Was
there a word available then, as now, for "virgin."

Mark Wilson


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