Know / knew
means be intimate with
Genesis 4:1 Adam knew Eve and she conceived
Jeremiah 31:34 no more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother,
saying “know the LORD”, for they all shall know Me from the least of
them to the greatest of them, says the LORD, for I will forgive their
iniquity and their sin I will remember no more.
Matthew 1;24 Joseph did not know Mary until after Jesus was born.
Matthew 7:19-23 …many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
Your name…. And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart
from Me you that work iniquity.
John 8:19,55 then said they to Him, where is Your Father? Jesus answered, you
neither know Me nor My Father, if you had known Me, you should have
known My father also. Yet, you have not known Him (God the Father),
but I (Jesus) know Him.
Hebrews 8:11 and they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his
brother, saying, know the Lord, for all shall know Me, from the least to
the greatest.