ord
'Word,' as in Psalms 119:6-17, stands for doctrine in general. 'The Word,' as in Psalms 147:18, signifies divine good united with divine truth. 'Word,' as...
dage
"Day" describes a state in which we are turned toward the Lord, and are receiving light (which is truth) and heat (which is a desire...
konger
The human mind is composed of two parts, a will and an understanding, a seat of loves and affections, and a seat of wisdom and...
Juda
City of Judah,' as in Isaiah 40:9, signifies the doctrine of love towards the Lord and love towards our neighbor in its whole extent.
Samaria
'Samaria,' as in Amos 4:1. 6:1, signifies the spiritual church perverted.
jerusalem
Jerusalem, on Mount Zion, signifies the doctrine of love to the Lord, and how it governs your life. Jerusalem first comes to our attention in...
hør
'To hearken to father and mother,' as mentioned in Genesis 28:7, signifies obedience from affection. 'To hearken,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:22, signifies providence. See...
lyt
'To hearken to father and mother,' as mentioned in Genesis 28:7, signifies obedience from affection. 'To hearken,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:22, signifies providence. See...
jord
'Lands' of different nations are used in the Word to signify the different kinds of love prevalent in the inhabitants.
herre
The Lord, in the simplest terms, is love itself expressed as wisdom itself. In philosophic terms, love is the Lord's substance and wisdom is His...
vidne
In court, a witness is someone who saw a crime being committed, or observed something that could help determine the guilt or innocence of the...
HERREN
The Lord, in the simplest terms, is love itself expressed as wisdom itself. In philosophic terms, love is the Lord's substance and wisdom is His...
hellige
The Bible describes many things as being holy, or sacred. The Ark of the Covenant is one very holy object. The inmost chamber of the...
tempel
'A temple' represents heaven and the church. The sacred place where the ark was, represents the inmost, or third heaven, and the church among people...
se
The symbolic meaning of "seeing" is "understanding," which is obvious enough that it has become part of common language (think about it; you might see...
ned
"Down" is used many different ways in natural language, and its spiritual meaning in the Bible is highly dependent on context. Phrases like "bowing down,"...
under
In the Bible, things that are lower down, or under, physically, generally represent things that are lower or more external spiritually. In some cases, the...
bjerge
'Hills' signify the good of charity.
dale
Mountains in the Bible represent people's highest points, where we are closest to the Lord - our love of the Lord and the state of...
vand
'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities. 'Waters' signify particularly the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual...
Israels
'Israel,' in Jeremiah 23:8, signifies the spiritual natural church. The children of Israel dispersed all the literal sense of the Word by falsities. 'The children...
synd
In the Word three terms are used to mean bad things that are done. These three are transgression, iniquity, and sin, and they are here...
synder
In the Word three terms are used to mean bad things that are done. These three are transgression, iniquity, and sin, and they are here...
Judas
City of Judah,' as in Isaiah 40:9, signifies the doctrine of love towards the Lord and love towards our neighbor in its whole extent.
Mark
When we have a desire to be good people and to do good things, the natural first questions are "What does that mean?" "What should...
sten
Stones in the Bible in general represent truths, or things we know concerning the Lord and what He wants from us and for us in...
billeder
'An image' signifies falsities from self-derived intelligence.
ild
Just as natural fire can be both comforting in keeping you warm or scary in burning down your house, so fire in the spiritual sense...
jamre
To howl' signifies grief caused by vastation.
nøgen
'Unclothed' signifies being deprived of the truths of faith.
Port
"Gates" in ancient times had a significance that does not hold in the modern world. Cities then were enclosed by walls for protection; gates in...
indbyggere
Inhabitants,' in Isaiah 26:9, signify the men of the church who are in good of doctrine, and thence in the good of life.
porte
"Gates" in ancient times had a significance that does not hold in the modern world. Cities then were enclosed by walls for protection; gates in...
bor
Many people were nomadic in Biblical times, especially the times of the Old Testament, and lived in tents that could be struck, moved and re-raised...
datter
"Behold I have two daughters,” etc. (Gen. 19:8), signifies the affections of good and truth, and the blessedness perceivable from the enjoyment thereof, by those...
overtrædelser
In the Word three terms are used to mean bad things that are done. These three are transgression, iniquity, and sin, and they are here...
huse
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
komme
Coming (Gen. 41:14) denotes communication by influx.
skaldet
'A bald head' signifies the Word deprived of the natural sense, which is the sense of the letter.
børn
A child is a young boy or girl in the care of parents, older than a suckling or an infant, but not yet an adolescent....