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Virgin
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or is used (a) of "the Virgin Mary," Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:27; (b) of the ten "virgins" in the parable, Matthew 25:1,7,11; (c) of the "daughters" of Philip the evangelist, Acts 21:9; (d) those concerning whom the Apostle Paul gives instructions regarding marriage, 1 Corinthians 7:25,28,34; in 1 Corinthians 7:36-38 , the subject passes to that of "virgin daughters" (RV), which almost certainly formed one of the subjects upon which the church at Corinth sent for instructions from the Apostle; one difficulty was relative to the discredit which might be brought upon a father (or guardian), if he allowed his daughter or ward to grow old unmarried. The interpretation that this passage refers to a man and woman already in some kind of relation by way of a spiritual marriage and living together in a vow of virginity and celibacy, is untenable if only in view of the phraseology of the passage; (e) figuratively, of "a local church" in its relation to Christ, 2 Corinthians 11:2; (f) metaphorically of "chaste persons," Revelation 14:4 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Virgin'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/v/virgin.html. 1940.
