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English
| Examples (a term derived from the Bible)
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- alpha and omega
- salt of the earth
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Etymology
Compare French biblicisme. Equivalent to biblical + -ism.
Noun
biblicism (usually uncountable, plural biblicisms)
- Learning or literature relating to the Bible.
- A term derived from the Bible
1995, Helmut Koester, John H Morison Professor of New Testament Studies and Winn Professor of Ecclisiastical History Helmut Koester, Introduction to the New Testament, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 113:Such biblicisms — ultimately Hebraisms, since they derive from the Hebrew Bible — can still be found in later products of ancient Christian literature, since the Greek Bible of Hellenistic Judaism remained the Bible of the Christians […]
Translations
a term derived from the Bible
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