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

biblically

ˈbi-bli-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of biblical in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Seven decades after Elia Kazan’s film adaptation, his granddaughter Zoe Kazan has distilled her interpretation of Steinbeck’s multigenerational saga, which is deeply structured around biblical allusions, into a seven-episode series for Netflix. — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

In East of Eden, Pugh delivers yet another knock out performance as Cathy Ames, the distant mother and madam at the center of Steinbeck’s multigenerational family saga and biblical allegory. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026

Behind him, against the restaurant’s white fence, is a vaguely biblical lime tree. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

And the religious character of this language is by no means unsuitable to this project of science that was bathed in biblical metaphors from the get-go—Code name Trinity, to cite just one example. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin biblicus, from biblia

First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing biblical

• non-biblical
• pre-biblical

Kids Definition

biblical

adjective

bib·​li·​cal ˈbib-li-kəl 

: relating to, taken from, or found in the Bible

biblically

-k(ə-)lē 

adverb