(Cant. 4:8-12; Hosea 4:13, 14) may denote either husband or wife, but in the Scriptures it denotes only the latter.

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife.

2. (n.) A married man, in distinct from a spousess or married woman; a bridegroom or husband.

3. (n.) To wed; to espouse.