mozes
Moses's name appears 814 times in the Bible (KJV), third-most of any one character (Jesus at 961 actually trails David at 991). He himself wrote...
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...
dage
The expression 'even to this day' or 'today' sometimes appears in the Word, as in Genesis 19:37-38, 22:14, 26:33, 32:32, 35:20, and 47:26. In a...
de Jordaan
The river Jordan separates the land of Canaan from the lands to the east. This separation represents the division of the human mind into an internal...
jordaan
The land of Jordan,' as in Psalm 42:6, signifies what is lowly, consequently, what is distant from the celestial, as the external parts of a...
land
Land' in the Word, denotes the church, for the things which signify the church also signify the things relating to the church, for these constitute...
heere
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...
god
De Heer is de liefde zelf, uitgedrukt in de vorm van de wijsheid zelf. Liefde is dan ook zijn essentie, zijn in wezen. Wijsheid -...
geven
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...
stenen
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...
schrijven
In John 8:2-11, the Lord wrote twice on the ground, when the woman taken in adultery was brought to him, which signifies the condemnation of...
woorden
'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...
komt
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “come” in the Bible is highly dependent on context – its meaning is determined largely by...
melk
Water represents true ideas about day-to-day life, and other drinks and liquids in general represent different forms of truth. Milk is a drink that contains...
honig
'Honey' signifies the delight derived from good and truth or from the affection thereof, and specifically the external delight. Thus it signifies the delight of...
berg
The Writings tell us that the Lord's love is the sun of heaven, and it is natural for us to look above ourselves to the...
altaar
Het eerste altaar dat in het Woord wordt genoemd, is door Noach gebouwd nadat hij uit de ark kwam. Op dat altaar offerde hij schone...
bouwen
Er zijn echt twee betekenissen voor "bouwen" in de Bijbel. Wanneer iets voor het eerst wordt gebouwd, of gebouwd in de meest typische zin, betekent...
ijzer
'Iron,' in Deuteronomy 8:9, signifies natural or rational truth. Iron' signifies natural truth, and consequently, the natural sense of the Word. At the same time,...
heeren
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...
eten
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...
sprak
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
hoort
'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...
dag
The expression 'even to this day' or 'today' sometimes appears in the Word, as in Genesis 19:37-38, 22:14, 26:33, 32:32, 35:20, and 47:26. In a...
stem
'Voice' signifies what is announced from the Word. 'Voice' often refers and is applied to things that cannot have a voice, as in Exodus 4,...
staan
'To stand,' and 'come forth' as in Daniel 7:10, refers to truth. In Genesis 24:13, it signifies a state of conjunction of divine truth with...
zegenen
De Heer is volmaakte liefde uitgedrukt als volmaakte wijsheid. Hij heeft ons geschapen opdat Hij ons zou kunnen liefhebben, ons eigen liefde en wijsheid zou...
simeon
In Revelation 7, 'Simeon', in the highest sense, signifies providence, in a spiritual sense, love towards our neighbor, or charity, and in a natural sense,...
Levi
'Levi' signifies truth in practice, which is the good of life. 'Levi,' in the highest sense, signifies love and mercy, in a spiritual sense, he...
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.
jozef
Joseph, Jacob’s eleventh son, is one of the favorite characters in the Bible, with his troubles, his triumphs over them, and his constant trust in...
benjamin
Also, Benjamin signifies the Word in its ultimate sense (Deut. 33:12)
vloek
The Lord is love itself, and his love for us never wavers and never changes. What does waver and change is the degree to which...
ruben
'Reuben,' in the highest sense, signifies omniscience. In a spiritual sense, he signifies wisdom, intelligence, science, and faith. In a natural sense, he signifies sight....
Zebulon
Zebulon's name comes from a Hebrew root meaning habitation, or "dwelling together". In Genesis 30:19, 22 and Genesis 49:13, 'Zebulon' signifies the way that good...
Dan
The tribe of Dan (Jer. 8:16) signifies truth in its own ultimate degree of order, here truth in the church, which is contained in the...
nafthali
'Naphtali' in a supreme sense, signifies the proper power of the Lord’s divine human. In a spiritual sense, he signifies temptation and victory and a...
zeggen
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...
man
In general, men are driven by intellect and women by affections, and because of this men in the Bible generally represent knowledge and truth and...
beeld
'An image' signifies falsities from self-derived intelligence.
werk
'Works,' as in Genesis 46:33, denote goods, because they are from the will, and anything from the will is either good or evil, but anything...
handen
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
antwoorden
Het "antwoord" geeft over het algemeen een staat van spirituele ontvankelijkheid aan. Uiteindelijk betekent dit ontvankelijk zijn voor de Heer, die voortdurend probeert ware ideeën...
vader
Father in the Word means what is most interior, and in those things that are following the Lord's order, it means what is good. In...
moeder
In general, mothers in the Bible represent the Lord's church on earth, or the church among those who know and follow the Lord. In some...
weg
These days we tend to think of "roads" as smooth swaths of pavement, and judge them by how fast we can drive cars on them....
vreemdeling
The word "stranger" is used many times in the Bible, and it is sometimes paired with the word "sojourner". They are different concepts in the...
wees
The fatherless signify those who are in good without truth, and are desirous by truth to be led to good.
vrouw
The word "woman" is used a number of different ways in the Bible – as a simple description, as someone connected to a man ("his...
vaders
Father in the Word means what is most interior, and in those things that are following the Lord's order, it means what is good. In...
beest
"Beasts" represent the affection for doing good things, a true desire to do them from the heart. In the negative sense, "beasts" stand for the...
zuster
The Lord calls people who are in truth from the good of charity from Him 'sisters,' as in Matthew 12:50. 'Sister' denotes intellectual truth, when...
dochter
"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...
ziel
The nature of the soul is a deep and complicated topic, but it can be summarized as "spiritual life," who we are in terms of...
bloed
Bloods signify evil, in Ezek. 16:9.
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