I've not found a single instance in scripture that says man and wife are joined spiritually. Emotionally, yes. Sexually, yes. Never spiritually. We are only joined spiritually with God. We are joined in covenants through God.
You absolutely have an emotional union when a marriage is consummated and it's glorious. But it is not two spirits joining according to scripture. God calls that union of sexual congress in marriage two physical bodies being joined together.
In Hebrew it's "echad basar" - לְבָשָׂר אֶחָד.
Together flesh, united bodies, united flesh, fitted together flesh, a certain flesh, a/an flesh,
In Greek it's "flesh a" - σάρκα μίαν.
ECHAD: The KJV translates Strong's H259 (Echad) in the following manner: one (687x), first (36x), another (35x), other (30x), any (18x), once (13x), eleven (with H6240) (13x), every (10x), certain (9x), an (7x), some (7x), miscellaneous (87x).
Outline of Biblical Usage [?]
אֶחָד ʼechâd, ekh-awd'; a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
BASAR: The KJV translates Strong's H1320 in the following manner: flesh (256x), body (2x), fatfleshed (with H1277) (2x), leanfleshed (with H1851) (2x), kin (2x), leanfleshed (with H7534) (1x), mankind (with H376) (1x), myself (1x), nakedness (1x), skin (1x).
Outline of Biblical Usage [?]
בָּשָׂר bâsâr, baw-sawr'; from H1319; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man:—body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, nakedness, self, skin.
Sarx : σάρκα — 39x from G4561 σάρξ
Mia: μίαν — 36x from G1520 εἷς
Sarx is even used to contrast the stark difference between the word flesh and spirit. When copulation occurs according to scripture (as far as I can find) the only description is fleshly joining, never spiritual union.
You absolutely have an emotional union when a marriage is consummated and it's glorious. But it is not two spirits joining according to scripture. God calls that union of sexual congress in marriage two physical bodies being joined together.
In Hebrew it's "echad basar" - לְבָשָׂר אֶחָד.
Together flesh, united bodies, united flesh, fitted together flesh, a certain flesh, a/an flesh,
In Greek it's "flesh a" - σάρκα μίαν.
ECHAD: The KJV translates Strong's H259 (Echad) in the following manner: one (687x), first (36x), another (35x), other (30x), any (18x), once (13x), eleven (with H6240) (13x), every (10x), certain (9x), an (7x), some (7x), miscellaneous (87x).
Outline of Biblical Usage [?]
- one (number)
- one (number)
- each, every
- a certain
- an (indefinite article)
- only, once, once for all
- one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one
- first
- eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)
אֶחָד ʼechâd, ekh-awd'; a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
BASAR: The KJV translates Strong's H1320 in the following manner: flesh (256x), body (2x), fatfleshed (with H1277) (2x), leanfleshed (with H1851) (2x), kin (2x), leanfleshed (with H7534) (1x), mankind (with H376) (1x), myself (1x), nakedness (1x), skin (1x).
Outline of Biblical Usage [?]
- flesh
- of the body
- of humans
- of animals
- the body itself
- male organ of generation (euphemism)
- kindred, blood-relations
- flesh as frail or erring (man against God)
- all living things
- animals
- mankind
- of the body
בָּשָׂר bâsâr, baw-sawr'; from H1319; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man:—body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, nakedness, self, skin.
Sarx : σάρκα — 39x from G4561 σάρξ
Mia: μίαν — 36x from G1520 εἷς
Sarx is even used to contrast the stark difference between the word flesh and spirit. When copulation occurs according to scripture (as far as I can find) the only description is fleshly joining, never spiritual union.