know someone in the biblical sense

Meaning

Verb

To have sex with someone.

Origin

From the use of know in the Bible. Some Bible translations, such as the King James Bible, translate the Hebrew word יָדַע as know even in sexual contexts, giving rise to lines like “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived.”

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