biblical

See also: Biblical

English

Alternative forms

• Biblical

Etymology

bible +‎ -ical

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪblɪkəl/

Adjective

biblical (comparative more biblical, superlative most biblical)

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

     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 quotations using this term, see Citations:biblical.

Antonyms

• 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

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

Translations

of or relating to the Bible

• Arabic: must generally be expressed nominally; كِتابِيّ (kitābiyy) (in context); تَوْراتِيّ (tawrātiyy), إنْجِيلِيّ (ʔinjīliyy) (both only in Islamic use, not strictly correct)
• Catalan: bíblic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖經的／圣经的 (zh), 圣经的 (zh) (shèngjīng de)

• Czech: biblický (cs)
• Danish: bibelsk
• Dutch: bijbels (nl)
• Esperanto: biblia
• Faroese: bíbilskur
• Finnish: raamatullinen (fi)
• French: biblique (fr)
• Galician: bíblico m
• German: biblisch (de)
• Greek: βιβλικός (el) (vivlikós)
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• Hebrew: מִקְרָאִי (miqra'í), תָּנָ"כִי m (tanachí)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: biblico (it)
• Japanese: 聖書の (ja) (せいしょの, seisho no)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bibelsk (no)

  Nynorsk: bibelsk

• Persian: كتاب‌مقدسی (ketâb-e-moqaddasi)
• Polish: biblijny (pl)
• Portuguese: bíblico (pt)
• Russian: библе́йский (ru) (bibléjskij)
• Spanish: bíblico (es)
• Tagalog: bibliyahin
• Volapük: bibik (vo)

in accordance with the teachings of the Bible

• Dutch: bijbels (nl)
• Finnish: raamatullinen (fi)
• French: biblique (fr)
• Portuguese: bíblico (pt)
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• Russian: библе́йский (ru) (bibléjskij)
• Spanish: bíblico (es)
• Volapük: bibik (vo)

very great, exceeding previous records

• Finnish: raamatullinen (fi)
• German: biblisch (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: bíblico (pt)

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• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} biblíu-
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} biblicus
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• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} biblic (ro)