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# scriptural

adjective (scriptural)

«scriptural» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(church, Bible) Based on or connected with holy writings, especially the Bible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scriptural/#m1)

### In the lessons

In church and religion lessons: «a scriptural passage», «scriptural teaching». Other faiths have scriptures too (the Qur'an, the Torah, the Vedas). Phrases: «scriptural reading», «scriptural basis».

### Examples

- The vicar read a scriptural passage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scriptural/#x1)
- Christians look for scriptural guidance in the Bible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scriptural/#x2)
- The song uses scriptural words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scriptural/#x3)
- Each faith has its own scriptural texts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scriptural/#x4)
- The lesson had a scriptural theme. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scriptural/#x5)
- The artist painted scriptural scenes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scriptural/#x6)

### Note

From «scripture». Formal. Sometimes with a capital «Scriptural». Speak respectfully: people of different faiths have different scriptures.

## In Jewish tradition

In church and religion lessons: «a scriptural passage», «scriptural teaching». Other faiths have scriptures too (the Qur'an, the Torah, the Vedas). Phrases: «scriptural reading», «scriptural basis».

### Examples

- All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scriptural/#x1)

### Note

From «scripture». Formal. Sometimes with a capital «Scriptural». Speak respectfully: people of different faiths have different scriptures.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scriptural» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scriptural/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scriptural» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scriptural.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «scriptural» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scriptural/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scriptural» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/scriptural.html) on Mova free.