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Virgin
In a prophecy concerning our Lord, Isaiah (Isa 7:14) says, “A virgin [R.V. marg., ‘the virgin’] shall conceive, and bear a son” (comp. Luke 1:31–35). The people of the land of Zidon are thus referred to by Isaiah (Isa 23:12), “O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon;” and of the people of Israel, Jeremiah (Jer 18:13) says, “The virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.”
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
