Embrace

em-bras': The word has two distinct meanings in the Old Testament:

(1) to clasp and hold fondly in the arms, pointing to a common custom (Gen 29:13; Gen 33:4; Gen 48:10; 2 Kgs 4:16; Song 2:6; Song 8:3 compare Acts 20:10), and

(2) to have sexual intercourse (Prov 4:8; Prov 5:20; Eccl 3:5). It seems to have acquired this technical sense in later Jewish usage.