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...
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...
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...
kinderen
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....
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...
land
Generally in the Bible a "country" means a political subdivision ruled by a king, or sometimes a tribe with a territory ruled by a king...
moab
'Moab,' in a positive sense, signifies people who are in natural good, and allow themselves to be easily seduced, but in an opposite sense, it...
riep
Iemand oproepen of ontbieden vertegenwoordigt in de Bijbel een verlangen naar verbinding tussen hogere en lagere staten van leven. Bijvoorbeeld, stel je iemand voor in...
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...
zeide
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...
gezien
To look,' as in Genesis 18:22, signifies thinking, because seeing denotes understanding. Look not back behind thee,' as in Genesis 19:17, means that Lot, who...
ogen
Het is gebruikelijk om te zeggen "Ik zie" als we iets begrijpen. En inderdaad, "zien" in de Bijbel staat voor het begrijpen en begrijpen van...
farao
'Pharaoh' signifies scientific ideas, or the natural principle in general. 'Pharaoh' signifies false ideas infesting the truth of the church. Pharaoh,' in Genesis 40, represents...
tekenen
'A token,' as in Genesis 9:12, 13, 17, signifies causing it to be.
gegeven
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...
hart
The heart means love. A good heart means love to the Lord and to the neighbor while a hard or stony heart means the love...
zien
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...
horen
Thanks to modern science, we now understand that hearing actually happens in the brain, not the ears. The ears collect vibrations in the air and...
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...
veertig
'Forty' means completeness because 'four' means what is complete, as does 'ten.' Forty is the product of four and ten. Compound numbers have a meaning...
woestijn
'Wilderness' signifies something with little life in it, as described in the internal sense in Luke 1:80 'Wilderness' signifies somewhere there is no good because...
schoen
In the Word, 'the sole of the foot' and 'the heel' signifies the ultimate natural. 'The shoe' is what clothes the sole of the foot...
voet
Onze voeten zijn de laagste delen van ons lichaam, en ze zijn erg nuttig! In de Bijbel vertegenwoordigen voeten het laagste en meest utilitaire deel...
brood
Het woord "brood" wordt in de Bijbel op twee manieren gebruikt. In sommige gevallen betekent het daadwerkelijk brood; in andere gevallen staat het voor voedsel...
gegeten
Als we eten, breekt ons lichaam het voedsel af en haalt er zowel energie als materialen uit voor de opbouw en het herstel van het...
wijn
Wine played a key role in the ancient world, where safe, reliable water sources were scarce. It could be stored for long periods of time;...
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 -...
plaats
'A dry place,' as in Luke 11:24, signifies states of evil and falsity which are in the life of someone who does the work of...
koning
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...
hesbon
'Heshbon,' as mentioned in Jeremiah 49:3, signifies the fructification of truth in the natural self.
ons
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,...
houdt
"Keeping" in the Bible generally has to do with controlling the actual actions of life, though in some cases it can mean holding something away...
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...
hoofden
The head is the part of us that is highest, which means in a representative sense that it is what is closest to the Lord....
stammen
In general, 'the twelve tribes' signify every aspect of the doctrine of truth and good, or of faith and love. Truth and good, or faith...
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...
vrouwen
The Hebrew of the Old Testament has six different common words which are generally translated as "wife," which largely overlap but have different nuances. Swedenborg...
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...
gesproken
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
abraham
Abraham (of Abram, zoals hij in het begin van zijn verhaal wordt genoemd) is een van de belangrijkste personages in het verhaal van de heilige...
izak
'Isaac' represents spiritual love. 'Isaac,' in Genesis 17:19, signifies the rational divine. 'Isaac' signifies the Lord's divine rational in reference to divine good. Isaac' signifies...
jakob
Jacob is told twice that his name will now be Israel. The first time is when he wrestles with an angel on his journey to...
gezworen
The Lord swearing by himself signifies that divine truth testifies, for He is divine truth itself, and this testifies from itself and means itself. It...
weet
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
hout
'Wood' signifies good, as well the good of love to the Lord as the good of charity towards our neighbor.
steen
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...
zilver
'Money' relates to truth.
goud
'Money' relates to truth.
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...
dienen
Generally speaking, those who are at lower levels of an organization serve those at higher levels. Bosses boss and their employees serve; coaches devise strategy...
goden
De Heer is de liefde zelf, uitgedrukt in de vorm van de wijsheid zelf. Liefde is dan ook zijn essentie, zijn in wezen. Wijsheid -...
wortel
'A root,' as in Malachi 4:1, signifies charity. The dried up root,' as in Hosea 9:16, 17, signifies charity which could not bear fruit.
gal
Gall signifies the same thing as wormwood, that is, infernal falsity.
alsem
'Wormwood' signifies infernal falsity because of its intense bitterness, which makes meat and drink awful. 'Waters of wormwood' signifies falsities of evil.
hoort
Thanks to modern science, we now understand that hearing actually happens in the brain, not the ears. The ears collect vibrations in the air and...
harten
The heart means love. A good heart means love to the Lord and to the neighbor while a hard or stony heart means the love...
wandelen
To walk in the Bible represents living, and usually means living according to the true things taught to us by the Lord -- to "walk...
toorn
'Toorn', zoals in Genesis 49: 7, betekent afkeer van de waarheid. 'Grote toorn', zoals in Openbaring 00:12, betekent haat tegen de nieuwe kerk.
boek
(Rev. 10:9.) "And I went unto the angel, saying, give me the little book," signifies the faculty of perceiving the quality of the Word from...
geschreven
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...
naam
It's easy to see that names are important in the Bible. Jehovah changed Abram and Sarai to Abraham and Sarah, changed Jacob to Israel and...
onder
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...
hemel
De "lucht" in de Bijbel vertegenwoordigt het denken, maar op een zeer algemene manier - meer zoals ons vermogen om ideeën waar te nemen en...
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...
na
Volgens Swedenborg bestaan tijd en ruimte niet in de spirituele werkelijkheid; het zijn puur natuurlijke dingen die alleen op het fysieke vlak bestaan. Dit betekent...
geslacht
To “generate” something is to create it, and that idea underpins the meaning of a “generation” of people – it is a group that was...
opstaan
It is common in the Bible for people to "rise up," and it would be easy to pass over the phrase as simply describing a...
vreemde
A foreigner, as in Exodus 12:45, signifies one who does good from his own natural disposition alone.
komen
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “come” in the Bible is highly dependent on context – its meaning is determined largely by...
plagen
'Plagues' signify evils of love, and falsities of faith. 'The plagues of Egypt' signify the falsities and lust which cause the church to perish. In...
Lands
'Lands' of different nations are used in the Word to signify the different kinds of love prevalent in the inhabitants.
aarde
'Lands' of different nations are used in the Word to signify the different kinds of love prevalent in the inhabitants.
zwavel
Brimstone (Isa. 34:9, etc.) signifies filthy lusts.
zout
'Salt' is the desire of conjunction of truth with good, which is why only salt will conjoin water, which corresponds to truth, and oil, which...
kruid
Every herb in the Word signifies some species of scientifics. 'Herb bearing seed,' as mentioned in Genesis 1:29, signifies every truth which regards use. 'Green...
Sodom
"Sodom" in the Bible represents the love of self and the love of ruling or dominating others springing from the love of self. This is...
grimmigheid
'Poison' denotes deceit or hypocrisy in the spiritual sense.
gebogen
To bow, as in Genesis 18:2 signifies to humble.
brengen
Zoals met gewone werkwoorden in het algemeen is de betekenis van "brengen" sterk afhankelijk van de context, maar in het algemeen staat het voor een...
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...
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...
eeuwigheid
In veel gevallen is het gebruik van "eeuwigheid" in de Bijbel vrij letterlijk, eenvoudig betekent het voor altijd. Dit is vooral waar wanneer de tekst...
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