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DAMSEL

dam'-zel: A young, unmarried woman; a girl (lass); maiden (compare French demoiselle). The Revised Version (British and American) in Mt 26:69; Jn 18:17; Acts 12:13; 16:16 gives "maid" for paidiske, "a girl," i.e. (spec.) a maidservant or young female slave (the King James Version "damsel"), and "child" for paidion, "a half-grown boy or girl," in Mk 5:39,40 bis. 41.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'damsel'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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