What Does “Damsel” Mean in the Bible?
A young girl, not yet married.
A detail
- In the Bible: a young girl from Israel said that the prophet in Samaria could heal Naaman of leprosy. Another, named Rhoda, came to the door when Peter got out of prison.
Where it appears in the Bible
2 Kings 5:3; 2 Kings 5:4; Acts 12:13
What the Bible says
2 Kings 5:3
And she said to her mistress: I wish my master had been with the prophet, that is in Samaria: he would certainly have healed him of the leprosy which he hath.
2 Kings 5:4
Then Naaman went in to his lord, and told him, saying: Thus and thus said tile girl from the land of Israel.
Acts 12:13
And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, whose name was Rhode.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “damsel”