Bible-time weddings were festive occasions, sometimes lasting a week or more, with great celebration and joy.

wedding; marriage; marry; marries; married; marrying; joy; joyful; joyfully; joyous; joyously; joyless; joylessness; effervescent; expansive; espousal; union; wedlock; nuptials; wedding; conjugality; matrimony; match; spousal; pledging; mating; intimacy; compatibility; comradeship; couple; pair; join together; yoke; tie together; catch; associate; combine; conjoin; link; one; relate; become one; gladness; ecstasy; exultation; rapture; delight; happiness; enjoyment; felicity; glee; cheer; transport; cheerfulness; pleasure; delectation; fruition; lighthearted; amusement; gaiety; mirth; mirthfulness; revelry; hilarity; hilariousness; blitheness; frolic; playfulness; heartiness; geniality; merriment; joviality; jollity; levity; rejoicing; exulting; animation; liveliness; vivacity; jubilation; celebration; solace; treasure; gratification; alleviation; refreshment; indulgence; triumph; relish; content; elation; thrill; exhilaration; excitement; peace; well-being; sweetness; comfort; enchantment; bliss; beatitude; blessedness; ravishment; heaven; paradise; serenity; laughter; zest; sunshine; buoyant; promising; reassuring; uplifting; propitious; auspicious; rosy; hopeful; sad; depressing; melancholic; mournful; gloomy; black; bleak; cheerless; depressant; dismal; dispiriting; dreary; oppressive; somber; doleful; heavy; dejected; disconsolate; unhappy; pitiful; dark; funereal; forlorn; glum; woebegone; downcast; miserable; heartbroken; rueful; dolorous; sullen; morose; comfortless; solemn; grim; plaintive; tearful; sorrowful; grieving; hopeless; despondent; lamenting; lonely; austere; unpleasant; deplorable; pathetic; weddings; marriages; joys; unions; matrimonies; matches; couples; pairs; yokes; catches; combines; links; ecstasies; exultations; raptures; delights; enjoyments; felicities; cheers; transports; pleasures; amusements; gaieties; revelries; frolics; merriments; rejoicings; vivacities; celebrations; solaces; treasures; gratifications; refreshments; indulgences; triumphs; relishes; contents; thrills; excitements; well-beings; comforts; heavens; paradises; serenities; zests