Biblical
adjective
of or in the Bible.
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Biblical
American
[bib-li-kuhl]
/ ˈbɪb lɪ kəl /
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biblical
adjective
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of or in the Bible.
a Biblical name.
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in accord with the Bible.
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evocative of or suggesting the Bible or Biblical times, especially in size or extent.
disaster on a Biblical scale; a Biblical landscape.
biblical
British
/ ˈbɪblɪkəl /
adjective
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of, occurring in, or referring to the Bible
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resembling the Bible in written style
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Biblical
1780–90; < Medieval Latin biblic ( us ) ( bibl ( ia ) Bible + -icus -ic ) + -al 1
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And belying urban legends, there was no link to the Biblical story of Adam and Eve or the death of computing pioneer Alan Turing.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
“It got worse,” said the College of Biblical Studies’s athletic director, Michael Haywood, who also serves as a chaplain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Some tasks involve translating ancient Palmyrene inscriptions, while others require identifying tiny anatomical structures in birds or analyzing detailed features of Biblical Hebrew pronunciation.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
Thousands of Nigerian Christians go on pilgrimages each year to Biblical sites in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
The old ideas had too much authority, particularly because they were grounded in the Biblical narrative, simply to disappear without trace.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Spoiler alert, if you somehow avoided Homer in community college: Nobody, save biblical Job, has had more misery hurled at them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
"It's getting to biblical proportions now, it's like the plague. We're all trying so hard. It's so frustrating."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Public school teachers are trained to teach literacy, history and social studies, not theology, leaving educators to navigate how biblical texts will be presented while serving students from diverse religious backgrounds.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
But French fans, despite their tricolore turnouts up and down the East Coast, became even grumpier during their win over Iraq after enduring a lengthy delay and biblical downpour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
They reached across the biblical rift for a selfish purpose.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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