Husband

denotes, in general, "a man, an adult male" (in contrast to anthropos, which generically denotes "a human being, male or female"); it is used of man in various relations, the context deciding the meaning; it signifies "a husband," e.g., Mat 1:16, Mat 1:19, Mar 10:12, Luk 2:36, Luk 16:18, Joh 1:4-18, Rom 7:23. See MAN.

primarily, "loving man," signifies "loving a husband," Tit 2:4, in instruction to young wives to love their husbands, lit., "(to be) lovers of their husbands." The word occurs frequently in epitaphs.

lit., "under (i.e. subject to) a man," married, and therefore, according to Roman law under the legal authority of the husband, occurs in Rom 7:2, "that hath a husband."