zona [ZHAW-na] I suppose one way to remember this is to think of Mona Lisa Replace the M with Z (there are a lot of Z's in Polish) and you've got zona Easier to remember than La Gioconda : -) Date of entry: 31 March 2000
{i} female spouse; woman acting in a particular capacity (used in combination: e.g. midwife); woman (Old Usage)
A woman; an adult female; now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like
The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen 2: 24; Matt 19: 4-6) Monogamy was the original law under which man lived, but polygamy early commenced (Gen 4: 19), and continued to prevail all down through Jewish history The law of Moses regulated but did not prohibit polygamy A man might have a plurality of wives, but a wife could have only one husband A wife's legal rights (Ex 21: 10) and her duties (Prov 31: 10-31; 1 Tim 5: 14) are specified She could be divorced in special cases (Deut 22: 13-21), but could not divorce her husband Divorce was restricted by our Lord to the single case of adultery (Matt 19: 3-9) The duties of husbands and wives in their relations to each other are distinctly set forth in the New Testament (1 Cor 7: 2-5; Eph 5: 22-33; Col 3: 18, 19; 1 Pet 3: 1-7)
A man's wife is the woman he is married to. He married his wife Jane 37 years ago The woman was the wife of a film director. see also old wives' tale. W1S1 wives the woman that a man is married to husband, spouse spouse