# biblical
## English
### Alternative forms

* Biblical

### Etymology

From Medieval Latin biblicus +‎ -al, equivalent to bible +‎ -ical.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɪblɪkəl/
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### Adjective

biblical (comparative more biblical, superlative most biblical)
* Of or relating to the Bible.
    Tithing is both a quranic and biblical virtue.
** 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC: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.
* In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it).
    biblical morality
    The biblical teaching is that…
** 2023 February 16, Chris McGreal, quoting Mike Pompeo, “Pompeo says Israel has biblical claim to Palestine and is ‘not an occupying nation’”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:Mike Pompeo, the former US secretary of state, has defended Israel’s decades-long control of the Palestinian territories by claiming that the Jewish state has a biblical claim to the land and is therefore not occupying it.
* (figurative) Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.
    of biblical proportions
    with biblical fury
** 1984, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ghostbusters:Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical"? Dr. Raymond Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff.
** 1998 February 22, Walter Kirn, “The Wages of Righteousness”, in The New York Times‎: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.
** 2023 February 14, Damian Carrington, quoting António Guterres, “Rising seas threaten ‘mass exodus on a biblical scale’, UN chief warns”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:An increase in the pace at which sea levels are rising threatens “a mass exodus of entire populations on a biblical scale”, the UN secretary general has warned.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:biblical.

#### Synonyms

* biblic (archaic)

#### Antonyms

* nonbiblical
* unbiblical

#### Hypernyms

* scriptural

#### Hyponyms

* evangelic, pentateuchal, psalmic, Torahic
* New Testament, Old Testament (attributive, rarely New Testamental, Old Testamental)

#### Coordinate terms

* (by sources of faith) apostolic, conciliar, ex cathedra, Mishnaic, Rabbinic, Talmudic, traditional
* (by religions) Avestan, Qur'anic, Vedic

#### Derived terms

* antibiblical
* biblical blue
* biblicality
* biblically
* biblical studies
* extrabiblical
* extra-biblical
* in the biblical sense
* know someone in the biblical sense
* postbiblical
* prebiblical

#### Related terms

* biblicism
* biblicist

#### Translations

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