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...
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...
lied
'The sound of musical instruments' corresponds to affections of spiritual and celestial love.
zingen
Every affection of the heart has a tendency to produce singing, and so it will produce anything relating to singing. The affection of the heart...
paard
'A horse' signifies knowledges or understanding of the Word. In an opposite sense it signifies the understanding of the Word falsified by reasonings, and likewise...
zee
Water generally represents what Swedenborg calls “natural truth,” or true concepts about day-to-day matters and physical things. Since all water ultimately flows into the seas,...
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 -...
vaders
Vader in het Woord betekent wat het meest innerlijk is, en in die dingen die de orde van de Heer volgen, betekent het wat goed...
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...
farao's
'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...
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...
schelfzee
Flags, as in Exodus 2:3, signify scientific falsities.
bedekt
The "high mountains being covered " (Gen. 7:19) signifies that all the good things of charity were extinguished.
diepten
The deeps mentioned in Psalms 148:7 signify the ultimate heavens, in which the spiritual natural angels are ; also divine truths in abundance, and arcana...
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...
vijand
Een vijand in de Bijbel verwijst naar mensen die de liefde voor het kwaad koesteren en het valse denken dat uit het kwaad voortkomt. Op...
stoppel
'To be consumed as stubble' denotes total vastation.
Neus
'A nose' signifies the life of good, because of the respiration which happens through it, which is life in the internal sense, and because of...
wateren
Water was obviously of tremendous importance in Biblical times (and every other time). It is the basis of life, the essential ingredient in all drinks,...
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...
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...
buit
'To spoil,' as in Genesis 34:27, signifies destruction. 'Spoil,' as in Deuteronomy 13:16, signifies the falsification of truth.
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...
zwaard
A 'sword,' in the Word, signifies the truth of faith combating and the vastation of truth. In an opposite sense, it signifies falsity combating and...
hand
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
wind
Because a nearer and stronger divine influx through the heavens disperses truths among the wicked, 'wind' signifies this dispersion of truth and the resulting conjunction...
heiligheid
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...
uitgestrekt
The hand in the Bible represents power, which is easy to understand, so to reach out or stretch out the hand means to exercise power,...
aarde
"Aarde" in de Bijbel kan een persoon of een groep gelijkgestemden betekenen als in een kerk. Maar het verwijst specifiek naar de buitenkant van de...
verlost
'To redeem' signifies vindication and liberation, because there are two words in the original language, which mean 'redemption.' One means vindication from evil, and the...
sterkte
Strength' relates truth and falsity. Strength,' as in Luke 10:27, signifies the will and understanding extended to extremes. Strength,' as in Revelation 1:6, signifies divine...
gehoord
'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...
palestina
'Palestina,' as in Exodus 15:14, signifies the same thing as Philisthea.
edom
'Edom' or 'Idumea,' as in Isaiah 34:5, signifies those who are in evil and in falsities thence derived.
kanaan
Canaan signifies a worship in things external without internals, which arose out of the internal church corrupted, called Ham. Thus it is that Ham is...
vallen
Like other common verbs, the meaning of "fall" is highly dependent on context in regular language, and is highly dependent on context in a spiritual...
arm
Arms and feet (Daniel 10:6) signify the exterior things of the Word, which are its literal sense.
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...
erfenis
In Biblical times, possessions passed from fathers to sons, a patriarchal system that would not be accepted in today's society – but one that is...
woning
Veel mensen waren in Bijbelse tijden, vooral in de tijd van het Oude Testament, nomadisch en woonden in tenten die snel geslagen, verplaatst en weer...
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...
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...
regeren
To reign,' as in Revelation 5, signifies being in truths and goods, and so in power, from the Lord, to resist evils and falsities which...
ruiters
'A horseman' signifies intelligence, or one who is intelligent. 'A horseman,' as mentioned in Revelation 9:16, signifies reasonings concerning faith alone. 'A horseman' can also...
midden
The "midst" of something in the Bible represents the thing that is most central and most important to the spiritual state being described, the motivation...
Mirjam
'Miriam,' as in Exodus 15:20, signifies the good of faith.
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...
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...
Trommel
A drum (Gen. 31) signifies spiritual good.
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...
trommelen
'A timbrel,' as in Psalms 81:2, has respect to what is spiritual.
reien
Dances (Exod. 15:20) relate to the affection of spiritual good, or the good of truth, and signify its pleasantness and joy.
antwoordde
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...
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...
drie
The Writings talk about many aspects of life using the philosophical terms "end," "cause" and "effect." The "end" is someone’s goal or purpose, the ultimate...
dagen
"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...
water
'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...
drinken
Voedsel in de Bijbel vertegenwoordigt het verlangen naar het goede, en water en andere dranken vertegenwoordigen het begrip en de ware ideeën die we nodig...
hout
'Wood' signifies good, as well the good of love to the Lord as the good of charity towards our neighbor.
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,...
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...
horen
'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...
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...
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...
Elim
Elim (Exod. 15:27) signifies a state of illustration and of affection, thus of consolation after temptation.
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