one flesh
nounEtymology
A biblical phrase, found for example in versions of Genesis 2:24 and Mark 10:8.
Definitions
Two people united by marriage.
- "This is reasonable and natural," returned Pathfinder; ". . . A woman would be likely to follow the man to whom she had plighted faith, and husband and wife are one flesh."
- Mary: Have not I been the fast friend of your life Since mine began, and it was thought we two Might make one flesh, and cleave unto each other As man and wife?
- We know Christ's saying of the married that they are one flesh!
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for one flesh. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA