What does biblical mean?

Definitions for biblical
ˈbɪb lɪ kəlbib·li·cal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. biblical, scripturaladjective

    of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible

    "biblical names"; "biblical Hebrew"

  2. biblicaladjective

    in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people

    "biblical styles in writing"; "a beard of biblical proportions"; "biblical costumes"

Wiktionary

  1. biblicaladjective

    Of, or relating to, the Bible

  2. biblicaladjective

    In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of the later)

  3. biblicaladjective

    In the expression "of biblical proportions", very large, exceeding previous records.

Wikipedia

  1. biblical

    The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthology – a compilation of texts of a variety of forms – originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. These texts include instructions, stories, poetry, and prophecies, among other genres. The collection of materials that are accepted as part of the Bible by a particular religious tradition or community is called a biblical canon. Believers in the Bible generally consider it to be a product of divine inspiration, but the way they understand what that means and interpret the text can vary. The religious texts were compiled by different religious communities into various official collections. The earliest contained the first five books of the Bible. It is called the Torah in Hebrew and the Pentateuch (meaning five books) in Greek; the second oldest part was a collection of narrative histories and prophecies (the Nevi'im); the third collection (the Ketuvim) contains psalms, proverbs, and narrative histories. "Tanakh" is an alternate term for the Hebrew Bible composed of the first letters of those three parts of the Hebrew scriptures: the Torah ("Teaching"), the Nevi'im ("Prophets"), and the Ketuvim ("Writings"). The Masoretic Text is the medieval version of the Tanakh, in Hebrew and Aramaic, that is considered the authoritative text of the Hebrew Bible by modern Rabbinic Judaism. The Septuagint (meaning the Translation of the Seventy) is a Koine Greek translation of the Tanakh from the third and second centuries BCE (Before Common Era); it largely overlaps with the Hebrew Bible. Christianity began as an outgrowth of Judaism, using the Septuagint as the basis of the Old Testament. The early Church continued the Jewish tradition of writing and incorporating what it saw as inspired, authoritative religious books. The gospels, Pauline epistles and other texts quickly coalesced into the New Testament. With estimated total sales of over five billion copies, the Bible is the best-selling publication of all time. It has had a profound influence both on Western culture and history and on cultures around the globe. The study of it through biblical criticism has indirectly impacted culture and history as well. The Bible is currently translated or being translated into about half of the world's languages.

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  1. biblical

    Biblical refers to anything that is connected or related to the Bible, which is the central religious text in Christianity. It can pertain to narratives, teachings, or themes present in the Old and New Testaments. It can also describe aspects of life, nature, behavior, principles, tradition, or language that are in accordance with or reminiscent of those present in the Bible. The term may also be used to describe something of great magnitude or significance, drawing from the Bible's status as a substantial and influential religious text.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Biblicaladjective

    pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of biblical in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of biblical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of biblical in a Sentence

  1. Eliyashiv Drori:

    People are very enthusiastic about drinking a wine that King David had on his table, or for the same matter, Jesus or any other biblical figure, they all grew here, they all lived here, and they all ate and drank wine here.

  2. The Donald:

    Then Ben Carson recited a biblical proverb about humility. I ’m just surprised that Ben Carson did n’t talk about Ben Carson own faith and make the comparison implicit. The Donald, as is The Donald wont, went into counterpunching mode. If you look at The Donald past, which I've done, Ben Carson wasn't a big man of faith.

  3. Cyrus Nowrasteh:

    This movie has great production value, and good acting … But when it comes to biblical movies I tend to like them staying with scripture. I have yet to find anything in the Bible that hints that a 7-year-old Jesus raised a bird( and a boy) from the dead. we make it very clear at the front of the movie that this is fiction and we are imagining one year in the boyhood of Jesus ; so we are not trying to present something as fact or something that is n’t and we are doing it reverently.

  4. Ronnie Floyd:

    We have a biblical responsibility, but we also have a responsibility as citizens of the United States to express the privileges afforded to us – that men and women have died on the battlefield to give us – and I’m not walking away from that.

  5. Billy Graham:

    Samuel Rodriguez don’t just stay home and not vote – Samuel Rodriguez vote, vote for the candidates that best support Biblical truth and Biblical values.

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