biblical

bib-li-cal · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Relating to or contained in the Bible.

  2. 2.

    Resembling something from the Bible, especially in magnitude.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    biblical proportions — Extremely large scale, as if from a Bible story.
  • •
    know someone in the biblical sense — To have sexual relations with someone (euphemism).

Related words

See also: bible, religious, scriptural
Synonyms: scriptural

Etymology

From Medieval Latin biblicus, from biblia ("Bible"), from Greek biblia ("books").