56 occurrences in 10 translations

'Maidens' in the Bible

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

Verse ConceptsBathing, For RefreshmentRiver BanksPeople Sending People

‘Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil?A maiden, two maidens for every warrior;To Sisera a spoil of dyed work,A spoil of dyed work embroidered,Dyed work of double embroidery on the neck of the spoiler?’

Verse ConceptsClothembroiderySpoils Of WarDividing The Spoil

Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

Verse ConceptsLiving Together

And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

Verse ConceptsGood Activity

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

Verse ConceptsWheatLiving Together

And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsGrainWinnowingRelatives

And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

Verse ConceptsGirlsWellsDrawing Water

Then Abigail quickly arose, and rode on a donkey, with her five maidens who attended her; and she followed the messengers of David and became his wife.

Verse ConceptsFive PeopleRiding Donkeys

Isn't this the same David about whom the maidens sang when they were dancing, "Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his ten thousands'?"

Verse ConceptsdanceExaggerationsPopularityComparisonsA Thousand PeopleMany EnemiesKilling Many People

Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;

Verse ConceptsThose Looking For People

So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.

Verse ConceptsCosmeticsSeven PeopleWomen's Beauty

Now the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found favor and kindness with him more than all the [other] virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen in the place of Vashti.

Verse ConceptsCrowns, Worn ByAttractionCoronationsExchanging Of LeadersMan's FavouriteWomen's BeautyFavorCompetitioncrownsroyalty

And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

Verse ConceptsSitting In The GatewaySecond Marriage

Then Esther’s maidens and her eunuchs came and told her, and the queen writhed in great anguish. And she sent garments to clothe Mordecai that he might remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them.

Verse ConceptsClothing, Need OfAnxiety, Examples OfPeople Giving Clothes

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Examples OfPray For UsFastingFasting And Prayer

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

Verse ConceptsPets

In embroidered robes she is escorted to the king. Her attendants, the maidens of honor who follow her, are led before you.

Verse ConceptsClothembroideryMarriage, Customs ConcerningVirginWeddingsColorvirginity

From generation to generation, I will cause your name to be remembered. Therefore people will thank you forever and ever. To the Director: A song by the Sons of Korah, to the tune of "The Maidens".

Verse ConceptsFutureReminders Of God

The singers are in front, the musicians follow, strumming their stringed instruments among the maidens who are playing their tambourines.

Verse ConceptsVirginMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasSingersYoung Ladiesinstrumentsdrums

Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:

Verse ConceptsWomen's Strength

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

Verse ConceptsGoatsMaidsMilkteenager

I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

Verse ConceptsOwning LivestockGroups Of Slaves

“Your oils have a pleasing fragrance,Your name is like purified oil;Therefore the maidens love you.

Verse ConceptsMen And Women Who Loved

Draw me after you; let us hurry! May the king bring me into his bedroom chambers! The Maidens to the Lover: We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. The Beloved to Her Lover: How rightly the young women adore you!

Verse ConceptsBedroomsLove Towards Christ, Shown ByAttractionHurrying Others OnLove And WineMen And Women Who LovedPrivate RoomsRomance

The Beloved to the Maidens: I am dark but lovely, O maidens of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Qedar, lovely like the tent curtains of Salmah.

Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansTapestriesBlack PeopleWomen's BeautyBeauty Of NatureColorThe Beauty Of NatureBeing Beautiful

“Like a lily among the thorns,So is my darling among the maidens.”

Verse ConceptsRomanceRoses

The Beloved to the Maidens: I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: Do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases!

Verse ConceptsAdjurationDeer Etc.DeerBeing In Love

The Adjuration Refrain The Beloved to the Maidens:I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: "Do not awake or arouse love until it pleases!"

Verse ConceptsAdjurationYoung LoversDeer Etc.

Its posts were made of silver; its back was made of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple wool; its interior was inlaid with leather by the maidens of Jerusalem.

Come out, O maidens of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon! He is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the most joyous day of his life!

Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionMarriage, The BridegroomLooking Intently At PeopleWedding Songs

The Beloved to the Maidens: O maidens of Jerusalem, I command you -- If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick!

Verse ConceptsBeing In LoveFriendship And LovePassion

The Maidens to The Beloved: Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would command us in this manner?

The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved is dazzling and ruddy; he stands out in comparison to all other men.

Verse ConceptsHandsome Men

His mouth is very sweet; he is totally desirable. This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem!

Verse ConceptsChrist, Character OfAdoration, Of ChristAttractionElegance

The Maidens to the Beloved: Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned? Tell us, that we may seek him with you.

Verse ConceptsWhere To?

The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

“There are sixty queens and eighty concubines,And maidens without number;

Verse ConceptsDealing With Many PeopleEighties

But my dove, my perfect one, is unique:She is her mother’s only daughter;She is the pure child of the one who bore her.The maidens saw her and called her blessed,The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

Verse ConceptsUnique IndividualsPraising Specific PeopleMan's FavouriteBeing Unique

The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem: "Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!"

Verse ConceptsAdjurationA Time For LoveLovePassionEmotionsBeing In LoveWaiting Till MarriageawakeningThe Love Of Women

The Maidens about His Beloved: Who is this coming up from the desert, leaning on her beloved? The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth.

Verse ConceptsApplesOther Supporting

“Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,And the young men and old, together,For I will turn their mourning into joyAnd will comfort them and make them rejoice after their sorrow.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsMourning Turned To JoyDancingSorrowRestored JoyGod Will ComfortFinding Comfort In God

The roads to Zion are in mourningBecause no one comes to the appointed feasts.All her gates are desolate;Her priests are groaning,Her virgins are grieved and suffering,And she suffers bitterly.

Verse ConceptsSighingPilgrimageRoadsTragedy On The StreetsFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheNo One To Be Found

“The Lord is righteous and just;For I have rebelled against His commandment (His word).Hear now, all you peoples,And look at my pain;My virgins and my young menHave gone into captivity.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTGod, Righteousness OfRebellion, Against GodYoung People SufferingI Am Suffering

The elders of the Daughter of ZionSit on the ground keeping silent;They have thrown dust on their heads,They have covered themselves with sackcloth.The virgins of JerusalemHave bowed their heads to the ground.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersDust, Figurative UseBowingHeadsSackcloth And AshesSprinklingClothing OneselfBowing Heads Before GodSitting In DejectionDust On The HeadIndividuals Being Silent

The young and the oldLie on the ground in the streets;My virgins and my young menHave fallen by the sword.You have killed them in the day of Your anger,You have slaughtered, not sparing.

Verse ConceptsMale And FemaleCalamityGod KillingTragedy On The StreetsGod Killed His PeopleNot SparingKilling IsraelitesMassacres

My eyes [see things that] bring pain to my soulBecause of all the daughters of my city.

Verse ConceptsRenewed HeartI Am Sufferingfate

Utterly slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women, but do not touch any man on whom is the mark; and you shall start from My sanctuary.” So they started with the elders who were before the temple.

Verse ConceptsTouchActivity BegunGod Will Kill His PeopleChild AbuseThe Elderly

Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

Verse Conceptsdivorce, in OTPriests, Function In Ot TimesVirginWidowsAvoid DivorceMarriage Controlled

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholAttractionEffect Of WineWomen's BeautyBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Naturefruitfulness

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful and miraculous things that Jesus had done, and heard the boys who were shouting in [the porticoes and courts of] the temple [in praise and adoration], “Hosanna to the Son of David (the Messiah),” they became indignant

Verse ConceptsChief priestsdiligenceResentment, Against GodScribesShoutingChildren And The KingdomAngry With ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesSave Us!

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

Verse ConceptsGluttonydrinking, abstention fromSoliloquyEating And Drinkingdrunkards

Now concerning the virgins [of marriageable age] I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfOpinionsReceiving God's MercyGod's OrdersBeing Singlevirginity

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Maiden (40 instances)
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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּתוּלה 
B@thuwlah 
Usage: 50

נערה 
Na`arah 
Usage: 63

שׁפחה 
Shiphchah 
Usage: 63

παιδίσκη 
Paidiske 
Usage: 12

παῖς 
Pais 
Usage: 21

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