Ephraïm
Ephraim was the second son born to Joseph in Egypt and was, along with his older brother Manasseh, elevated by Jacob to the same status...
parlait
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
Israël
'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...
Baal
Baalim and her lovers (Hosea 2:13) signify those things which belong to the natural man, and are loved; such as the lusts and falsities thence...
Mort
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
Argent
'Money' relates to truth.
Images
'An image' signifies falsities from self-derived intelligence.
artisans
'Carpenters' signify truths in extremes, the same as 'iron.'
dit
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...
Veaux
Calves of the lips (Hos 14:2) are confessions from the affection of truth.
nuée
In Isaiah 19:1, "Jehovah rides upon a light cloud, and comes into Egypt", signifies the visitation of the natural man from spiritual-natural Divine Truth, for...
Matin
Since the sun represents the Lord, the early morning and sunrise represent a state of enlightenment, with a new and clear understanding coming after a...
Rosée
Dew, in Deut. 32:2 signifies the multiplication of truth from good, and the fructification of good by truth.
Balle
Chaff is mentioned in Matthew 3:12 signifies falsity of every kind, derived from an infernal origin.
l'aire
The floor, as in Matthew 3:12, signifies the world of spirits which is between heaven and hell, and where the separation of evils and falsities...
Fumée
'Smoke' signifies divine truth in extremes, because 'fire' which gives off smoke, signifies love. 'Smoke' also signifies the same thing as 'cloud' in many places....
l'eternel
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...
Dieu
Le Seigneur est l'amour lui-même, exprimé sous la forme de la sagesse elle-même. L'amour, donc, est Son essence, Son plus profond. La sagesse - la...
Pays
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...
Egypte
Egyptians represent those who are in natural science, thus the natural, but the Hebrews, those who are of the church, thus respectively the spiritual. The...
Sauveur
The Lord from the essential divine, through the divine human, is the savior. The Lord became the savior by His spiritual temptations, or combats.
connu
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
désert
'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...
Terre
Dans la Bible, le terme "Terre" peut désigner une personne ou un groupe de personnes partageant les mêmes idées, comme dans une église. Mais elle...
oublié
To forget, in the internal sense, signifies nothing else but removal and apparent privation.
panthère
'A leopard,' being a crafty and insidious animal, particularly represents people who confirm faith separate from good works. 'A leopard' signifies the affection or lust...
route
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....
des champs
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...
champs
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...
Roi
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...
Villes
Cities of the mountain and cities of the plain (Jeremiah 33:13) signify doctrines of charity and faith.
donne
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...
donné
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...
colère
La colère est une émotion si commune aux gens qu'elle ne nécessite aucune définition. Cependant, quelques points d'intérêt peuvent être soulevés. 1) Le Seigneur n'est...
iniquité
In the Word three terms are used to mean bad things that are done. These three are transgression, iniquity, and sin, and they are here...
péché
In the Word three terms are used to mean bad things that are done. These three are transgression, iniquity, and sin, and they are here...
enfant
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....
séjour
'Hell,' as mentioned in Jonah 2:3, signifies the earth below.
morts
'Hell,' as mentioned in Jonah 2:3, signifies the earth below.
Peste
'Pestilence' denotes the vastation of good and truth.
Frères
There are two ways "brother" is used in the Bible, ways that are still reflected in modern language. One denotes an actual blood relationship; the...
Vent
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...
fontaines
A fountain signifies the Lord and the Word. A fountain signifies superior truth, and well, inferior truth. A fountain, as in Psalm 104:10, denotes knowledges....
pillera
In Jeremiah 12:12, 'spoilers' signify evils and falsities, which cause good and truth to perish, or evils from a lack of truth.
Trésor
'Treasuries' denote knowledges of good and truth, and, in the opposite sense, evil and falsity.
Samarie
'Samaria,' as in Amos 4:1. 6:1, signifies the spiritual church perverted.
épée
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...
enceintes
To be with child, (Gen. 38:24), signifies to produce something.
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