Definition of biblical
1 : of, relating to, or being in accord with the Bible (see bible 1) a biblical passage biblical references
2 : suggestive of the Bible or Bible times his biblical beard
From the M-W Editors
Recent Examples of biblical from the Web
-
Jews revere the 37-acre (15-hectare) raised platform as the site of their biblical temples.
-
Joseph Smith’s Book of Mormon, published in 1830, incorporates indigenous Native American groups into the European Biblical narrative.
-
Joshua Cohen has become one of America's top young novelists with his fiction that draws on biblical stories, including Witz (2010) and Book of Numbers (2015), both twists on classic Jewish themes.
-
The original gates feature panels depicting biblical stories and were on the Baptistery for nearly five centuries, until imminent threat of Nazi bombing forced their removal to a railway tunnel outside Florence.
-
In 1999, the artist Eduardo Kac encoded a sentence from the biblical book of Genesis into a microbe.
-
The GOP has long been the party of biblical literalists, oil companies, and libertarian billionaires who know that their intentions for the welfare state lack majority support.
-
He and a friend brought a large sign that quoted from the biblical book of Isaiah.
-
Their members have stage names that combine Biblical with hip-hop.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'biblical.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of biblical
Medieval Latin biblicus, from biblia
Other Bible Terms
BIBLICAL Defined for English Language Learners
biblical
playDefinition of biblical for English Language Learners
-
: relating to, taken from, or found in the Bible
BIBLICAL Defined for Kids
biblical
playDefinition of biblical for Students
: relating to, taken from, or found in the Bible
Learn More about biblical
-
Spanish Central: Translation of biblical Nglish: Translation of biblical for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of biblical for Arabic speakers
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up biblical? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!