Biblical

[ bib-li-kuh l ]

/ ˈbɪb lɪ kəl /

of or in the Bible: a Biblical name.

in accord with the Bible.

evocative of or suggesting the Bible or Biblical times, especially in size or extent: disaster on a Biblical scale; a Biblical landscape.

Origin of Biblical

1780–90; < Medieval Latin biblic(us) ( bibl(ia) Bible + -icus -ic) + -al¹

Bib·li·cal·ly, bib·li·cal·ly, adverb an·ti-Bib·li·cal, adjective an·ti-Bib·li·cal·ly, adverb non-Bib·li·cal, adjective

non-Bib·li·cal·ly, adverb post-Bib·li·cal, adjective pro-Bib·li·cal, adjective

With his anachronistic attitude toward the biblical story, Bale is just following the lead of his director.

Christian Bale: One Man's Moses Is Another Man's Terrorist |Candida Moss, Joel Baden |December 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Turning from biblical interpretation to psychiatry, the actor added, “I think the man was likely schizophrenic.”

Christian Bale: One Man's Moses Is Another Man's Terrorist |Candida Moss, Joel Baden |December 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Especially not when the display in question includes an angel falling from the sky in flames, surrounded by Biblical verses.

In Florida, ’Tis The Season for Satan |Jay Michaelson |December 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The city has unleashed messianic passions since biblical times.

Inside Hebron, Israel’s Heart of Darkness |Michael Tomasky |November 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

He said Jacobovici and Wilson were simply the latest in a long line of people hoping to find further Biblical insight.

Is ‘The Lost Gospel’ Book a Fraud? |Nico Hines |November 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Many a faithful reader of the Bible finds constantly renewed interest in the old Biblical stories in spite of frequent repetition.

The Thirteenth |James J. Walsh
Biblical references have been standardised on one of the more common formats, viz.

Aids to Reflection |Samuel Taylor Coleridge
After all, there is no royal road to learning—not to Biblical learning any more than to the learning of the world.

The Literature and History of New Testament Times |J. Gresham (John Gresham) Machen
With this exception, we regard the present work as an important and valuable contribution to biblical literature.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVII, August 1852, Vol. V |Various
In the biblical passages in which the phrase occurs it indicates mortality.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh |H. J. Lawlor

biblical

/ (ˈbɪblɪkəl) /

of, occurring in, or referring to the Bible

resembling the Bible in written style

biblically, adverb