Husband

Easton, 1897

I.e., the "house-band," connecting and keeping together the whole family. A man when betrothed was esteemed from that time a husband (Matthew 1:16, Matthew 1:20; Luke 2:5). A recently married man was exempt from going to war for "one year" (Deuteronomy 20:7; Deuteronomy 24:5).