Divine Lexicon

Term

Accommodation (Biblical)

Theory that biblical writers incidentally affirmed contemporary falsehoods to avoid obscuring their larger points.

Filed underDoctrine of ScriptureHermeneutics

Definition

The theory that the biblical writers at times incidentally affirmed falsehoods believed by the people of their time so as not to obscure the larger points they were trying to make.

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Sources

  1. 1.Wayne A. Grudem Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed.. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020). 1499Original citation: Grudem, Wayne A. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020, 1499.

Last revised August 14, 2026