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# biblical

«biblical» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with the Bible or found in the Bible, like biblical…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (biblical)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Bible) To do with the Bible or found in the Bible, like biblical stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/biblical/#m1)

2) (informal) Very great or huge, like a flood in the Bible ("rain of biblical proportions"). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/biblical/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in religious education (biblical stories, biblical times) and, as a joke or exaggeration, in everyday life ("the flood was biblical"). It tells the reader about the Bible or about something enormous. Phrases: biblical times, biblical story, of biblical proportions.

### examples

- We read the biblical story of Noah's Ark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/biblical/#x1)
- In biblical times people travelled by donkey and on foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/biblical/#x2)
- The rain was of biblical proportions; the whole street flooded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/biblical/#x3)
- The play was based on a biblical story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/biblical/#x4)
- Many famous paintings show biblical scenes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/biblical/#x5)
- My dad's beard is getting biblical! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/biblical/#x6)
- The vicar explained the biblical meaning of the parable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/biblical/#x7)
- From thence I have resuscitated Biblical history. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/biblical/#x8)

### note

Usually written with a small b, though "Bible" has a capital B. Pronounced BIB-li-cal. The informal meaning of "huge" is a joke; context tells you which meaning is meant.

### Trees and pragmatics

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