[OneWingedShark]

To “know,” in biblical terms,

usually meant sexual intercourse.

[GilesB]

I’m not sure I would say “usually”. “Often” is probably more accurate - as the author indicated.

However, I have not counted the uses to see which outweighs the other.

[Salvation]

True, we have an example of that in Luke where Mary tells the Archangel Gabriel, “but I do not know man.”

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “usually meant sexual intercourse.” <<

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But definitely not in the case of Matthew 7:23

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[ealgeone]

To “know,” in biblical terms, usually meant sexual intercourse.

Not necessarily....context is your key in knowing what "know" means in a passage.

[metmom]

I’d say more like *knowing* someone is being intimate with them.

In a marriage relationship, that would be intercourse.

But in a God relationship, it would be personal interaction in experiencing the life of the Holy Spirit in you, which considering it is a spiritual experience, would be more intimate that sex.