biblically
In Testament style
Biblically means in a manner relating to or based on the Bible: a biblically inspired narrative, biblically accurate angels.
It often signals adherence to scripture: living biblically.
The phrase to know someone biblically is a euphemism for sexual intercourse, from the Bible's use of "know" in that sense.
Sacred religious writings
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- epistleFormal literary letter
- psalmSacred scriptural song
genesis · exodus · revelation · parable · beatitude · proverbs · verse · chapter
Moral correctness or virtue
- commandmentAuthoritative rule to obey
- sinViolation of divine law
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- pietySincere religious devotion
holiness · purity · justice · charity · humility · temperance · chastity · forgiveness
Dedicated to the divine
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- divineOf or from gods
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
blessed · anointed · sacrament · tabernacle · temple · altar · ark · covenant
Foretelling of future events
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- apocalypticPertaining to ultimate devastation
- messianicRelating to a savior
- eschatologyStudy of ultimate destiny
foretelling · vision · oracle · omen · harbinger · end-times · rapture · tribulation
Extremely old or obsolete
- patriarchalMale-authority based
- primordialExisting from the start
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- genesisPoint of creation
creation · flood · exodus · wilderness · kingdom · exile · mosaic · epoch
scripture
Sacred religious writings
psalm · genesis · exodus · revelation · parable · beatitude · proverbs · verse · chapter · canon
righteousness
Moral correctness or virtue
- commandmentAuthoritative rule to obey
- sinViolation of divine law
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
piety · holiness · purity · justice · charity · humility · temperance · chastity · forgiveness · mercy
holy
Dedicated to the divine
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- divineOf or from gods
hallowed · blessed · anointed · sacrament · tabernacle · temple · altar · ark · covenant · sabbath
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- apocalypticPertaining to ultimate devastation
- messianicRelating to a savior
eschatology · foretelling · vision · oracle · omen · harbinger · end-times · rapture · tribulation · millennial
antediluvian
Extremely old or obsolete
- patriarchalMale-authority based
- primordialExisting from the start
- ancestralOf one's forebears
genesis · creation · flood · exodus · wilderness · kingdom · exile · mosaic · epoch
biblicallysecularly
Without religious context
atheistically · worldly · profanely · godlessly · humanistically
biblicallymodernly
In present-day manner
progressively · contemporarily · revisionist · liberally · untraditionally
biblicallymetaphorically
Symbolically, not literally
figuratively · allegorically · symbolically · liberally · loosely
- 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