sagde
As with many common verbs, the meaning of “to say” in the Bible is highly dependent on context. Who is speaking? Who is hearing? What...
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...
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...
hus
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
hader
If you truly hate someone, that means you would kill them and destroy their reputation if you could do so without repercussion – not a...
elsker
To some degree, there really is no spiritual meaning to the word “love” in the Bible. Why? Because if you truly love another, that is...
æder
When we eat, our bodies break down the food and get from it both energy and materials for building and repairing the body. The process...
kød
Flesh has several meanings just in its most obvious form. It can mean all living creatures as when the Lord talks about the flood "destroying...
gryde
There is an interesting relationship between facts and truth. It's necessary to have facts if we want to know the truth, but facts on their...
svar
To "answer" generally indicates a state of spiritual receptivity. Ultimately this means being receptive to the Lord, who is constantly trying to pour true ideas...
siger
As with many common verbs, the meaning of “to say” in the Bible is highly dependent on context. Who is speaking? Who is hearing? What...
råber
'To proclaim' signifies exploration from influx of the Lord.
krig
War in the Word represents the combat of temptation when what is good is assaulted by what is evil or false. The evil that attacks...
giver
Like other common verbs, the meaning of "give" in the Bible is affected by context: who is giving what to whom? In general, though, giving...
munden
In most cases, "mouth" in the Bible represents thought and logic, especially the kind of active, concrete thought that is connected with speech. The reason...
nat
The sun in the Bible represents the Lord, with its heat representing His love and its light representing His wisdom. “Daytime,” then, represents a state...
bringer
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “bring” is highly dependent on context, but in general it represents an introduction to a new...
Gud
The Lord is called "Jehovah" in the Bible when the text is referring to his essence, which is love itself. He is called "God" when...
Fuld
'To satiate' relates to the extent of a person's will, for good or evil.
israel
'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...
bygger
To build something generally means to put together a variety of simpler pieces to make a useful and more complex structure, as to build a...
blod
Bloods signify evil, in Ezek. 16:9.
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...
dømmer
It’s easy to see the connection between judging and truth. In a court of law, the judge’s whole purpose is to find the truth. In...
præster
Priests' represent the Lord regarding His divine good. When they do not acknowledge the Lord, they lose their signification of the Lord.
profeter
The idea of a "prophet" is very closely tied to the idea of the Bible itself, since the Bible was largely written by prophets. At...
sølv
'Silver,' in the internal sense of the Word, signifies truth, but also falsity. 'Silver' means the truth of faith, or the truth acquired from selfhood,...
os
Angels do give us guidance, but they are mere helpers; the Lord alone governs us, through angels and spirits. Since angels have their assisting role,...
kommer
Coming (Gen. 41:14) denotes communication by influx.
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...