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
Champion had already beaten Biblical Studies twice that season.
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
He is not afraid to be strong and fight for what he knows to be Biblical truth.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2026
These were the very Orthodox, and they obeyed literally the Biblical commandment And ye shall look upon it, which pertains to the fringes.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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
"Let's keep the biblical vibrations going," as Liam put it on X.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 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
I asked Jack and Finn, my sporty 15- and 17-year-old sons, what they thought of the biblical figure towering over them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
He spoke about the social injustices in our society and the way they mirrored those in the biblical books of Amos, Hosea, Micah, and others.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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