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παρθένος. Used symbolically for those in separation from evil. Paul had espoused the saints at Corinth to one husband to 'present them as a chaste virgin to Christ.' 2 Cor. 11: 2: cf. Rev. 14: 4. In their natural application the words apply to both sexes, and in 1 Cor. 7: 36, 37 it is perhaps better translated 'his virginity.'