SPOUSE

spouz (kallah, "bride," "daughter-in-law"): the Revised Version (British and American) gives "bride" for the King James Version "spouse" in Song of Solomon 4:8 ff, and "brides" for "spouses" in Hosea 4:13 f (margin "daughters-in-law").

See ESPOUSAL; ESPOUSE ; MARRIAGE ; RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY , FAMILY .

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.