different between biblical vs psalmist

English

Alternative forms

• Biblical

Etymology

bible +? -ical

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?bl?k?l/

Adjective

biblical (comparative more biblical, superlative most biblical)

1. Of or relating to the Bible.

   Tithing is both a quranic and biblical virtue.

2. In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it).

3. Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.

   of biblical proportions; with biblical fury

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:biblical.

Antonyms

• unbiblical

Hypernyms

• scriptural

Hyponyms

• evangelic, pentateuchal, psalmic, Torahic
• New Testament, Old Testament (attributive, rarely New Testamental, Old Testamental)

Coordinate terms

• (by sources of faith) apostolic, conciliar, ex cathedra, Mishnaic, Rabbinic, Talmudic, traditional
• (by religions) Avestan, Qur'anic, Vedic

Derived terms

• biblical proportions
• biblical studies
• know someone in the biblical sense

Translations

English

Etymology

psalm +? -ist

Noun

psalmist (plural psalmists)

1. A composer of psalms
   • 1878 — Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, ch. 7

     An environment which would have made a contented woman a poet, a suffering woman a devotee, a pious woman a psalmist, even a giddy woman thoughtful, made a rebellious woman saturnine.

2. (capitalized) A composer of one of the Biblical Psalms
   • 1897 — Bram Stoker, Dracula, ch. 25

     The hunter is taken in his own snare, as the great Psalmist says.

   • 1955 — Dwight D. Eisenhower, Third State of the Union Address

     Either man is the creature whom the Psalmist described as "a little lower than the angels," crowned with glory and honor, holding "dominion over the works" of his Creator; or man is a soulless, animated machine to be enslaved, used and consumed by the state for its own glorification.

Translations

Anagrams

• palmists, samplist, slipmats

Romanian

Etymology

From French psalmiste

Noun

psalmist m (plural psalmi?ti)

1. psalmist

Declension