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husband

Meaning of “husband”

Sense 1: A married man in relation to his wife. Sense 2: One who manages or cultivates carefully.

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120 occurrences104 verses29 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 3:6

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2 Kings 4:26
Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:26 · retained source text

Runne now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say vnto her, Is it wel with thee? is it wel with thy husband? is it wel with the child? And she answered, It is well.

Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 12:4 · retained source text

A vertuous woman is a crowne to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed, is as rottennesse in his bones.

1611 marginal note1.Cor. 11.7.

Proverbs 31:11
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 31:11 · retained source text

The heart of her husband doeth safely trust in her, so that he shall haue no need of spoile.

Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 31:23 · retained source text

Her husband is knowen in the gates, when he sitteth among the Elders of the land.

Isaiah 54:5
For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 54:5 · retained source text

For thy maker is thine husband, (the LORD of hostes is his name;) and thy redeemer the holy one of Israel, the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

1611 marginal noteLuc.1.32.

Jeremiah 3:20
¶ Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 3:20 · retained source text

¶ Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband: so haue you dealt treacherously with mee, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. friend

Jeremiah 6:11
Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 6:11 · retained source text

Therefore I am full of the furie of the LORD: I am weary with holding in: I will powre it out vpon the children abroad, and vpon the assembly of yong men together: for euen the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of dayes.

Jeremiah 31:32
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:32 · retained source text

Not according to the couenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I tooke them by the hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt, which my couenant they brake, although I was an husband vnto them, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteOr, should I haue continued a husband vnto them?

Ezekiel 16:32
But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:32 · retained source text

But as a wife that committeth adulterie, which taketh strangers in steede of her husband.

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