The word in Scripture

Husband in the Bible

The word husband appears 126 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A husband loves and gives himself for his wife in covenant. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What husband means in the Bible

A husband loves and gives himself for his wife in covenant.

Where the word husband appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word husband appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.”Genesis 30:18

“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.”Proverbs 12:4

“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

“Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.”Luke 16:18

“The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:”John 4:17

“For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.”Romans 7:2

“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”Ephesians 5:33

“And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”Revelation 21:2