English

Alternative forms

• Biblical

Adjective

biblical ‎(comparative more biblical, superlative most biblical)

1. Of or relating to the Bible.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess:

     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.

   Tithing is both a quranic and biblical virtue.

2. In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it).

   The biblical teaching is that […] ‎

   biblical morality‎

3. Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.

   of biblical proportions; with biblical fury

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:biblical.

Antonyms

• unbiblical

Coordinate terms

• quranic, tripitakan, Vedic, Avestan

Derived terms

• biblical proportions
• biblical studies
• know someone in the biblical sense

Translations