CategoryArchaic Word / Biblical Occupation
Modern Equivalentfarmer; vine-dresser; cultivator.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionA person who tills the ground, cultivates crops, or cares for a vineyard.
Key Verses"My Father is the husbandman." (John 15:1)
KJV Usage NoteCan refer to an ordinary farmer or, in figurative passages, to God as the one who tends and cultivates His people.
Common MisunderstandingIt does not mean husband in the marital sense; it means cultivator or farmer.
EtymologyFrom Middle English husbandman, originally meaning a householder or tiller of land.