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# scriptural

«scriptural» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Based on or connected with holy writings, especially the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (scriptural)

### meaning for a pupil

(church, Bible) Based on or connected with holy writings, especially the Bible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scriptural/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In church and religion lessons: «a scriptural passage», «scriptural teaching». Other faiths have scriptures too (the Qur'an, the Torah, the Vedas). Phrases: «scriptural reading», «scriptural basis».

### examples

- All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scriptural/#x1)
- The vicar read a scriptural passage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scriptural/#x2)
- Christians look for scriptural guidance in the Bible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scriptural/#x3)
- The song uses scriptural words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scriptural/#x4)
- Each faith has its own scriptural texts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scriptural/#x5)
- The lesson had a scriptural theme. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scriptural/#x6)
- The artist painted scriptural scenes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scriptural/#x7)

### note

From «scripture». Formal. Sometimes with a capital «Scriptural». Speak respectfully: people of different faiths have different scriptures.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scriptural» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scriptural/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.