| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Absalom | A classic expression of paternal grief |
| Apocalypse | A synonym for total destruction |
| Abraham's bosom | The contemporary reference is to heavenly rest and peace |
| Adam's rib | A lightly ironic term for a woman |
| Arks of the Covenant | To treat sacred things irreverently |
| Babylon | Refers today to grandeur, wickedness and wealth |
| Barabbas | A criminal who escapes unfairly the consequences of his crime |
| Beelzebub | One of Satan's closet chiefs |
| Exodus | Any departure of a large group of people, a mass migration |
| Gethsemane | Now it typifies any lonely ordeal or describes any scene of suffering |
| Goliath | Anything large and seemingly invincible |
| Hegira | Any departure for a more favorable or promising place, especially to avoid persecution |
| Jacob | A ladder set up on earth, and the top of it reached to heaven |
| Job | He is regarded as an early prototype of the tragic hero |
| Joseph | A model of the powerful person who loyally rescues his own, less privileged people |
| Judas | A hypocrite, a traitor |
| Juggernaut | Has come to mean some great machine which crushes people ruthlessly |
| Manna from Heaven | Today an unexpected, welcome gift |
| Mecca | Any destination of devotees |
| Nirvana | Ultimate freedom |
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