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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The words more commonly translated “husband” are
ish
and
ἀνήρ
, both signifying “
man
.” “The man of a
woman
” signified her husband. Very little is said of the legal form of
marriage
, but the marriage tie has been held sacred from the
beginning
and by mankind everywhere.
Eve
gave the forbidden fruit to her husband (
Gen. 3:6,16
6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. (Genesis 3:6)
16
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. (Genesis 3:16)
).
Mary
had been espoused to
Joseph
, and he is called her
husband
(
Matt. 1:19
19
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. (Matthew 1:19)
). The husband is the
head
of the wife, and as such stands in the place of responsibility and
authority
; he is exhorted to love his wife. It is involved in headship that he
love
her as his own body, and cherish her, as the
Lord
does the
assembly
(
Eph. 5:23-29
23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: (Ephesians 5:23‑29)
;
Col. 3:18-19
18
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
19
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. (Colossians 3:18‑19)
).
Paul
wrote to the Corinthians, “I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste
virgin
to Christ” (
2 Cor. 11:2
2
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:2)
). In Revelation 21 The
new
Jerusalem
is seen coming down from
heaven
, prepared as a
bride
adorned for her husband: that husband must be
the Lord
Jesus
, for she is the bride, the
Lamb
’s wife.
There will also be a union in a future
day
between
Jehovah
and
Israel
. There has been the putting away: Jehovah has said, “She is not my wife, neither am I her husband”; but there is a day coming when she will say, “I will go and return to my first husband.” Jehovah responds, “Thou shalt call me
Ishi
,” that is “husband”; “and shalt call me no more
Baali
,” “
master
.” “I will betroth thee unto me
forever
” (
Hos. 2:2-20
2
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
3
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
4
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
5
For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
6
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
7
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
8
For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
9
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
10
And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
11
I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
12
And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
13
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.
14
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
15
And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
16
And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
17
For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
18
And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
19
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
20
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord. (Hosea 2:2‑20)
). Happy unions when the Lord Jesus will be owned and loved by Israel, as their
Messiah
and King, and the
Church
be owned and manifested as the bride of Christ
Related Books and Articles:
Words for Men: November 2012
Husbands
From:
The Christian Household and Relative Duties
By:
Edward B. Dennett
Husband and Wife
From:
Christian Treasury: Volume 7
Call: 1-630-543-1441
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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