becoming one flesh
Two bodies merging
Becoming one flesh is a biblical phrase for the union of husband and wife in marriage, encompassing both sexual union and the deeper merging of two lives into a single household and identity.
The expression comes from Genesis and appears in wedding ceremonies: The two shall become one flesh.
It implies that marriage creates a bond as fundamental as kinship by blood.
- loveIntense fond attachment
- two heartsPair of cardiac organs
- soul mateIdeal romantic counterpart
- marriageFormal union between partners
- tied the knotGot married
harmony · covenant · communion · oneness · one body · fusion · wholeness · passion · interdependence · synthesis · consummation · wedding night · reproduction · sacrament · unity · divine love · fidelity · holy matrimony
becoming one fleshdivorce
Legal end of matrimony
separation · annulment · celibacy · splitting up · severing ties
becoming one fleshadultery
Married person's sexual betrayal
infidelity · broken covenant · fornication · marriage of convenience · loveless marriage
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