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...
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 -...
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...
Beth-El
Toen Jakob zijn beroemde droom had, van een trap naar de hemel, noemde hij de plaats "Bethel", wat Hebreeuws is voor "het huis van God"....
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...
vluchttet
Flight, as in Matthew 14:20, signifies removal from a state of the good of love and innocence. Flight, as in Mark 8:18, signifies the last...
ezau
Esau (Gen. 28:5, etc.) signifies the truth of good in the natural principle. Esau (Gen. 32:3) signifies celestial good in the natural principle.
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 -...
midden
'Middle' denotes what is primary, principal, or inmost.
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,...
antwoordt
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
sichem
'Sichem' or 'Shechem' means the celestial aspects of love.
steden
In the ancient world cities were very nearly nations unto themselves – they existed within walls, with their own laws and customs, generally centered on...
zonen
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....
kwam
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “come” in the Bible is highly dependent on context – its meaning is determined largely by...
luz
'Luz,' as in Genesis 28, signifies a state wherein truth and good are together in the ultimate principle of order.
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...
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...
noemde
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...
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...
broeders
Er zijn twee manieren waarop "broeder" in de Bijbel wordt gebruikt, manieren die nog steeds in het moderne taalgebruik terug te vinden zijn. De ene...
Rebekka
'Rebecca,' as in Genesis 24, signifies divine truth which would be joined to divine good of the Lord’s rational mind, which is 'Isaac.'
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...
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...
vruchtbaar
To be fruitful is predicated of goodnesses, and to be multiplied, of truths.
koningen
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...
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...
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...
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...
zaad
'A seed' signifies love, and everyone who has love, as in Genesis 12:7. 8:15, 16. 'A seed' signifies faith grounded in charity. 'A seed' signifies...
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...
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...
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...
olie
Oil – typically olive oil – was an extremely important product in Biblical times, for food preparation, medicinal ointment and for burning in lamps. As...
Lands
'Lands' of different nations are used in the Word to signify the different kinds of love prevalent in the inhabitants.
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...
rachel
'Rachel' denotes the affection of interior truth.
zoon
'A son,' as in Genesis 5:28, signifies the rise of a new church. 'Son,' as in Genesis 24:3, signifies the Lord’s rationality regarding good. 'A...
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...
vader
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...
benjamin
Also, Benjamin signifies the Word in its ultimate sense (Deut. 33:12)
Bethlehem
Er is een sterke relatie tussen Efratha en Bethlehem in de Bijbel; het kunnen twee verschillende namen zijn voor dezelfde stad, of het is mogelijk...
rachels
'Rachel' denotes the affection of interior truth.
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...
tent
'The tabernacle' has almost the same meaning as 'temple,' that is, in the highest sense, the Lord’s divine humanity, and in a relative sense, heaven...
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....
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...
jakobs
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...
eerstgeborene
Wanneer de Bijbel spreekt over generaties of geboortevolgorde, heeft de innerlijke betekenis te maken met de progressie van geestelijke staten en hun relatieve belangrijkheid. De...
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.
Zebulon
De naam Zebulon komt van een Hebreeuws stamwoord dat woonplaats betekent, of "samenwonen". In Genesis 30:19, 22 en Genesis 49:13Zebulon' betekent de manier waarop goed...
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...
dienstmaagd
'A handmaid' signifies the affection of rational and scientific things. 'A handmaid,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:3, signifies the affirming medium of conjoining inner truths...
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...
geboren
In algemene zin vertegenwoordigt het "geboren worden" in de Bijbel de ene geestelijke toestand die een andere voortbrengt, meestal een vorm van liefde of genegenheid...
Mamre
Mamre was an Amorite who lived in the land of Canaan, in the area called Hebron in what would much later be the kingdom of...
hebron
'Hebron' represents the Lord's spiritual church in the land of Canaan. 'Hebron' represents the church as to good.
dagen
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...
honderd
It's a landmark for a young child to count to 100; it sort of covers all the "ordinary" numbers. One hundred is obviously significant for...
tachtig
Swedenborg tells us that 80, like 40, can represent a state of temptation, when we face and battle our desires for evil – and that...
oud
Swedenborg tells us that space and time in the physical world correspond to states of life in the spiritual world. So when the Bible talks...
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