know someone in the biblical sense
"know-someone-in-the-biblical-sense" is a 29-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“know someone in the biblical sense” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 34
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To have sex with someone.
Corpus desk
Index EN-know-someone-in-the-bibl · know someone in the biblical sense · English
know someone in the biblical sense · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 34 letters
- VOW-12 12 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | know someone in the biblical sense |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 34 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “know someone in the biblical sense” in English
Rare enough to double-check
know someone in the biblical sense is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To have sex with someone.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for know someone in the biblical sense, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the use of know in the Bible. Some Bible translations, such as the King James Version, translate the Hebrew word יָדַע (yādaʿ) as know even in sexual contexts, giving rise to lines like “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived.” The correct English form is know someone in the biblical sense, spelled K-N-O-W- -S-O-M-E-O-N-E- -I-N- -T-H-E- -B-I-B-L-I-C-A-L- -S-E-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1To have sex with someone.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how know someone in the biblical sense appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
James may not have known women in the biblical sense; but had Adams read the novels with care, he would have been agreeably surprised by the keen insights on the feminine psyche displayed there.
As for Modigliani he is not a painter I know so I don't know if he knew Bianca in the biblical sense or not.
Etymology
From the use of know in the Bible. Some Bible translations, such as the King James Version, translate the Hebrew word יָדַע (yādaʿ) as know even in sexual contexts, giving rise to lines like “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived.”
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.