In a prophecy concerning our Lord, Isaiah (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 (23:12), "O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon;" and of the people of Israel, Jeremiah (18:13) says, "The virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing."

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.

2. (n.) A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence.

3. (n.) See Virgo.

4. (n.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.

5. (n.) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.

6. (a.) Being a virgin; chaste; of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly; modest; indicating modesty; as, a virgin blush.

7. (a.) Pure; undefiled; unmixed; fresh; new; as, virgin soil; virgin gold.

8. (a.) Not yet pregnant.

9. (v. i.) To act the virgin; to be or keep chaste; -- followed by it. See It, 5.