adj Relating to, or found in, the Bible.
- The film retells a biblical tale of a great flood.
- The speaker quoted a biblical verse about kindness.
- She claws it away with her fingers. Falls heavily on her shoulders. Accepts the congratulations of her teammates, who look like they have just seen a biblical miracle.
— Jonathan Liew, Ann-Katrin Berger follows up biblical miracle with penalty heroics for Germany (2025)
- The sermon focused on a biblical story about forgiveness.
- Tithing is both a quranic and biblical virtue.
adj Extremely large or severe, beyond ordinary scale, as if drawn from a Bible story.
- The flooding this year was biblical in proportion.
- After the storm, the traffic jam was biblical and lasted all afternoon.
- There was a biblical amount of washing-up after the party.
