Biblical
Of holy writ
Biblical means relating to or contained in the Bible, the sacred scriptures of Christianity and Judaism.
Something described as biblical often carries connotations of great age, authority, or epic scale: a disaster of biblical proportions, biblical rains.
Biblical can also characterize something that adheres strictly to scriptural teachings or principles.
The term appears frequently in academic contexts to describe scholarly study of scriptural texts and their historical settings.
Sacred religious writings
- verseMetered poetic passage
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- psalmSacred scriptural song
proverb · parable · prophecy · commandment · revelation · epistle · canon · covenant
Very old indeed
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- IsraelMiddle Eastern nation
- JudeaAncient Palestinian territory
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
Babylon · Egypt · Mesopotamia · Canaan · Hebrew · Aramaic · archaeological · Dead Sea Scrolls
Relative amounts or dimensions
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- magnitudeSize or scale
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
exodus · catastrophe · deluge · famine · miracle · parting · colossal · monumental
Authoritative rules demanding compliance
- sinViolation of divine law
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- salvationDeliverance from harm
judgment · temptation · forgiveness · repentance · virtue · faith · covenant · blessing
scripture
Sacred religious writings
psalm · proverb · parable · prophecy · commandment · revelation · epistle · canon · covenant · Genesis
ancient
Very old indeed
Jerusalem · Babylon · Egypt · Mesopotamia · Canaan · Hebrew · Aramaic · archaeological · Dead Sea Scrolls · artifacts
proportions
Relative amounts or dimensions
plague · exodus · catastrophe · deluge · famine · miracle · parting · colossal · monumental · immense
commandments
Authoritative rules demanding compliance
- sinViolation of divine law
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
salvation · judgment · temptation · forgiveness · repentance · virtue · faith · covenant · blessing · curse
allusion
Indirect reference to something
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
allegory · archaic · King James · thees · thous · begat · prose · poetry · rhetoric · narrative
Biblicalsecular
Nonreligious, worldly
profane · worldly · irreligious · godless · temporal
Biblicaltrivial
Lacking significance or weight
minor · insignificant · small-scale · ordinary · unremarkable
- biblical talesNarratives from holy texts
- biblical scenesDepictions from scripture
- biblical imagerySymbolic language from scripture
- biblical lawsReligious statutes from scripture
- biblical commandmentReligious law from scripture
- biblical principlesMoral teachings from scripture