In everyday life, this expression is used to mention something valuable, sacred, also to point out something unreachable for unholy people, as well as has the meaning of a special and inaccessible sanctuary.

This expression is used to point out the beginning and the end of something, the main and basic thing, the essence (in Armenian this expression is used as "Ayb and Fe" or "Ayb and Ke"). This expression is taken from the Book of Revelation of Apostle John.  The author of the last book of the Bible starts his book with the word "revelation." In some languages that word is translated is "apocalypsis," which comes from Greek. For the contemporary reader, this word has gained an absolutely specific, even ominous meaning.

This expression is used as a symbol of wealth, gold, power of money, and from here come the expressions "the golden calf worship" and "dance around the golden calf." "Golden calf" was used in the metaphorical sense by the German writer Rudolf von Gottschall and Russian writers Ilf and Petrov as a title of their works. It is taken from the Bible, Chapter 32 of the Book of Exodus.

This expression is used with the following meaning – not to care about the development of one's own abilities, not to use them, ruin them. In ancient times, the word "talent" was used with the meaning of scale (balance), a measure of weight, then to show large amount of money, monetary measure, and only subsequently it became the synonym for human unusual abilities in any sphere.

The biblical name Cain has become a common name, to point out a cruel man, a criminal, a villain and a murderer, and "the Mark of Cain" is used in the meaning of a sign or trace of crime.

This phrase is taken from the Ten Commandments of God. The commandment of honoring parents and adults in general has a universal significance and has a long history.

This expression is used to indicate an extreme poverty and means a poor man in a miserable condition. Jesus tells the parable of poor Lazarus in the Gospel according to Luke.