Easton’s Bible Dictionary defines husband thus:
Husband
i.e., the “house-band,” connecting and keeping together the whole family.
A man when betrothed was esteemed from that time a husband (Matt. 1:16, 20; Luke 2:5).
A recently married man was exempt from going to war for “one year” (Deut. 20:7; 24:5).
From the KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon:
to marry, rule over, possess, own
- (Qal)
- to marry, be lord (husband) over
- to rule over
- (Niphal) to be married
owner, husband, lord
- owner
- a husband
- citizens, inhabitants
- rulers, lords
- (noun of relationship used to characterise – ie, master of dreams)
- lord (used of foreign gods)
The use of the word band here is the same as “that which binds” as in a covenant, a law by which all agree to abide. This is seen in Psalm 2:3 “Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.”
A man is a proper husband who binds his household to the covenant LawWord of God in the same way that God husband’s us by keeping us, His brides, in His covenant, His economy (law of the house).
This concept is so fundamental and reflective of God’s economy that no society can exist without it. The husband led household economy is the engine upon which all other instutions and economies rest and gain their life. When the last grandfather raised in terms of this concept has finally died, the Societ Union collapsed. The husbands raised to be fairly close to our definition of new covenant patriarch created a dynamic nation that rose to lead the world, these United States. Now that we are fast becoming a nation of godless gelded men (metrosexuals) we are also fast losing our preeminance.