Biblical
Biblical adjective - Of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible.
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Synonyms for Biblical
Canonical and biblical are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Canonical" instead an adjective "Biblical".
Nearby Word: bible
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- orthodox and biblical
- orthodox and canonical
- divine and biblical
- divine and canonical
- holy and biblical
- holy and canonical
- godly and biblical
- godly and canonical
- religious and biblical
- religious and canonical
- prophetic and biblical
- prophetic and canonical
- classical and biblical
- classical and canonical
Both words in one sentence
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For example, there is no question of which Sherlock Holmes stories (the first non-biblical literary works to which the term was applied) are canonical: those written by Doyle are, everything else isn't.
Source: Canon -
Named for the canonical biblical example of this trope in action: Moses was set adrift in a basket of reeds to escape the slaying of all newborn male Hebrew slaves; he was found and raised by the daughter of Pharaoh.
Source: Moses in the Bulrushes -
Pragmatic Adaptation: Drawing from the Biblical story of Noah, the binding of Isaac, some non-canonical Biblical sources (such as the Book of Enoch for the Watchers/Nephilim), and Aronofsky's graphic novel.
Source: Film / Noah
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Canonical and Biblical. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/biblical/canonical
Biblical & Canonical. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/biblical/canonical>.
Canonical or Biblical. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/biblical/canonical.
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