biblical
/ˈbɪblɪkəl/
biblical adjective: of or relating to the Bible.
Adjective (1)
biblical (comparative more biblical, superlative most biblical)
- Of or relating to the Bible.
- Tithing is both a quranic and biblical virtue.
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it).
- biblical morality
- The biblical teaching is that…
- Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.
- of biblical proportions
- with biblical fury
Adjective (2) capitalized: Biblical
Biblical (comparative more Biblical, superlative most Biblical)
- Alternative letter-case form of biblical.
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
biblical meaning in Tagalog, Arabic and Persian
biblical in Tagalog
- of or relating to the Bible
- bibliyahin
biblical in Arabic
- of or relating to the Bible
- تَوْرَاتِيّ tawrātiyy, إنْجِيلِيّ ʔinjīliyy
biblical in Persian
- of or relating to the Bible
- کتابمقدسی ketâb-e-moqaddasi
Examples of biblical in a sentence
- Accepts the congratulations of her teammates, who look like they have just seen a biblical miracle.2025 July 19, Jonathan Liew, “Ann-Katrin Berger follows up biblical miracle with penalty heroics for Germany”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- For in the past 12 months, the world has known changes of almost biblical proportions.1992, George H. W. Bush, State of the Union Address:
- Russell Banks's “Cloudsplitter,” a novel of near-biblical proportions about the abolitionist freedom fighter John Brown, is shaped like an explosive with an exceedingly long and winding fuse.1998 February 22, Walter Kirn, “The Wages of Righteousness”, in The New York Times:
- During a thundershower of biblical proportions, hundreds of people dash from a train station in the Tokyo suburb of Kawaguchi, across a bricked plaza and into a modern civic center.2002 July 1, Tim Larimer, “Cult Shock”, in Time, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2012:
Synonyms of biblical
Antonyms
Forms of biblical
| comparative | more biblical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most biblical |
| alternative form | Biblical |
| comparative | more Biblical |
| superlative | most Biblical |
Origin of biblical
From Medieval Latin biblicus + English -al, equivalent to bible + -ical.
Words formed from biblical
Phrases with biblical
Questions about biblical
- What does biblical mean?
- Biblical means of or relating to the Bible.
- What is biblical in Tagalog?
- Biblical in Tagalog is bibliyahin. See Biblical meaning in Tagalog.
- How do you use biblical in a sentence?
- Accepts the congratulations of her teammates, who look like they have just seen a biblical miracle.
- What part of speech is biblical?
- Biblical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce biblical?
- Biblical is pronounced /ˈbɪblɪkəl/.
Words near biblical in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: biblical (page history and authors); Biblical (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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