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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Maiden

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Naves Topical Index
Maiden

See Virgin; Servant
Virgin; Servant


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Maiden

MA'IDEN, noun

1. An unmarried woman, or a young unmarried woman; a virgin.

2. A female servant.

3. It is used in composition, to express the feminine gender, as in maid-servant.

MA'IDEN, noun A maid; also, an instrument for beheading criminals, and another for washing linen.

MA'IDEN, adjective Pertaining to a young woman or virgin; as maiden charms.

1. Consisting of young women or virgins.

Amid the maiden throng.

2. Fresh; new; unused.

He fleshed his maiden sword.

MA'IDEN, verb intransitive To speak and act demurely or modestly.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Maidenhair

MA'IDENHAIR, noun A plant of the genus Adiantum.


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Maidenhood

MA'IDENHOOD, noun

1. The state of being a maid or virgin; virginity.

The modest lore of maidenhood

2. Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.


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Maidenlike

MA'IDENLIKE, adjective Like a maid; modest.


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Maidenliness

MA'IDENLINESS, noun The behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.


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Maidenlip

MA'IDENLIP, noun A plant.


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Maidenly

MA'IDENLY, adjective Like a maid; gentle; modest; reserved.

MA'IDENLY, adverb In a maidenlike manner.