In singular or plural. The sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible; the Scriptures… Without modifying word. Later chiefly with the…

A place or passage in Scripture or other writing.

A short passage from the Scriptures, esp. one quoted as authoritative, or illustrative of a point of belief or doctrine, as a motto, to point a…

Also with capital initial. A passage or quotation from the Bible or another sacred text.

A short passage of a book, esp. of a sacred book, as the Bible, the Qur'an, etc.; a section of a text; a topic. Obsolete.

One of the sections into which a chapter of the Bible is divided. Frequently abbreviated as v. chapter and verse: see chapter, n. phrases 2.

A little verse, in various senses of that term. †A verse of the Psalms or the Bible (obsolete); now spec., one of the subdivisions of a Hebrew verse.

A little or short verse, esp. one of the Bible or similar book; a short piece of verse.