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NASB | Isaiah 7:14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 7:14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Listen carefully, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will call his name Immanuel (God with us). [Is 9:6; Jer 31:22; Mic 5:3-5; Matt 1:22, 23] |
Subject: Does "'almah" mean "virgin"? |
Bible Note: According to Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew definitions: Almah: virgin, young woman 1a) of marriageable age 1b) maid or newly married (cf Bethulah: Gen 24:16 which is just virgin, though sometimes extended to bride, or to a city or state - Strong's Hebrew Dictionary) The word Matthew used in Mat 1:23 'parthenos' is defined by Thayer's Greek definitions as: 1) a virgin 1a) a marriageable maiden 1b) a woman who has never had sexual intercourse with a man 1c) one’s marriageable daughter Sean |