biblical
adjective
bib·li·cal
ˈbi-bli-kəl 
1
: of, relating to, or being in accord with the Bible (see bible sense 1)
a biblical passage
biblical references
2
: suggestive of the Bible or Bible times
his biblical beard
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Countless failures in the search for a solution to the conflict have given rise to a hypothesis that only a catastrophe of biblical proportions could persuade either side to rethink their delusional national creeds.
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Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Netanyahu's language referenced the Egyptian pharoah's biblical refusal to free the enslaved Israelites, a story Jewish people all over the world will retell during holiday meals.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 21 Apr. 2024
In an email to The Point, the campus newspaper that first reported on the controversy, Paul said that staging a campus-wide screening on a work of biblical translation would require the presence of scholars and theologians who could offer differing conclusions.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
With the fight over the 1864 ban expected to continue consuming the Arizona Capitol in the week ahead, politicians and activists are clear about the biblical roots of their convictions.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Other combatants travel with mezuzahs, small boxes containing biblical Scriptures meant to be hung outside Jewish residences, to affix to Palestinian homes.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Friends later told detectives that Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell believed they had been reincarnated and were tasked with gathering people before a biblical apocalypse.
—CBS News, 10 Apr. 2024
The document also argues that the understanding of humanity as two sexes — male and female — is biblical and deeply meaningful, especially in terms of procreation.
—Mansee Khurana, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
Through it all, the rabbis and imam maintain faith in the ties that bound Judaism and Islam together: a common origin in the Middle East through Abraham; a tradition of strict monotheism emphasizing the oneness of God; a reverence for biblical and Quranic shared prophets from Isaac to Moses.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Netanyahu's language referenced the Egyptian pharoah's biblical refusal to free the enslaved Israelites, a story Jewish people all over the world will retell during holiday meals.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 21 Apr. 2024
In an email to The Point, the campus newspaper that first reported on the controversy, Paul said that staging a campus-wide screening on a work of biblical translation would require the presence of scholars and theologians who could offer differing conclusions.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
With the fight over the 1864 ban expected to continue consuming the Arizona Capitol in the week ahead, politicians and activists are clear about the biblical roots of their convictions.
—Jack Healy, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Other combatants travel with mezuzahs, small boxes containing biblical Scriptures meant to be hung outside Jewish residences, to affix to Palestinian homes.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Friends later told detectives that Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell believed they had been reincarnated and were tasked with gathering people before a biblical apocalypse.
—CBS News, 10 Apr. 2024
The document also argues that the understanding of humanity as two sexes — male and female — is biblical and deeply meaningful, especially in terms of procreation.
—Mansee Khurana, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
Through it all, the rabbis and imam maintain faith in the ties that bound Judaism and Islam together: a common origin in the Middle East through Abraham; a tradition of strict monotheism emphasizing the oneness of God; a reverence for biblical and Quranic shared prophets from Isaac to Moses.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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