Moïse
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...
Enfants
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....
d'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...
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...
chantèrent
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...
cantique
'A song' signifies acknowledgment and confession from joy of heart.
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...
mer
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,...
Cheval
'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...
force
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...
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...
Fort
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...
père
Père dans la Parole signifie ce qui est le plus intérieur, et dans les choses qui suivent l'ordre du Seigneur, cela signifie ce qui est...
vaillant
'Might' denotes the forces or power of truth.
Nom
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...
Pharaon
'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...
armée
Forces denote the power of truth.
rouge
Flags, as in Exodus 2:3, signify scientific falsities.
Pierre
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...
ennemi
Dans la Bible, un ennemi désigne les personnes qui sont dans l'amour du mal et la fausse pensée qui découle du mal. À un niveau...
chaume
'To be consumed as stubble' denotes total vastation.
Souffle
'Breath' is the life of the body corresponding to spiritual things, just like the motion of the heart is the life of the body corresponding...
eaux
'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...
poursuivrai
'To pursue,' as in Genesis 14:16, signifies a state of purification, because 'to pursue enemies' is the expulsion of evils and falsities which were with...
butin
'To spoil,' as in Genesis 34:27, signifies destruction. 'Spoil,' as in Deuteronomy 13:16, signifies the falsification of truth.
âme
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...
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...
main
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
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...
saintetÉ
'Sanctuary' signifies the truth of heaven and the church. 'Sanctuary,' as in Ezekiel 24:21, signifies the Word.
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...
conduit
"Leading" people in the Bible is, in the inner meaning, about leading people in spiritual things, not natural ones. When it talks about the Lord...
miséricorde
In regular language, "mercy" means being caring and compassionate toward those who are in poor states. That's a position we are all in relative to...
racheté
Jehovah is called 'the redeemer,' because He took on a human nature.
entendu
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...
Les habitants
Inhabitants,' in Isaiah 26:9, signify the men of the church who are in good of doctrine, and thence in the good of life.
Palestine
'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.
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...
bras
Arms and feet (Daniel 10:6) signify the exterior things of the Word, which are its literal sense.
passé
'To pass,' as in Genesis 31:52, signifies flowing in. 'To pass the night,' as in Genesis 24:54, signifies having peace. 'To pass through,' as in...
Montagne
'Hills' signify the good of charity.
héritage
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...
Seigneur
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...
mains
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
entré
Tous les changements de lieu dans la Bible représentent des changements d'état spirituel. "Entrer" - généralement utilisé comme entrer dans la maison de quelqu'un ou...
au milieu de
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...
Milieu
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...
Marie
'Miriam,' as in Exodus 15:20, signifies the good of faith.
sœur
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...
d'aaron
Aaron était le frère de Moïse. Il symbolise deux choses, l'une pendant la première partie de l'exode, lorsqu'il était le porte-parole de Moïse, et l'autre...
Aaron
Aaron était le frère de Moïse. Il symbolise deux choses, l'une pendant la première partie de l'exode, lorsqu'il était le porte-parole de Moïse, et l'autre...
Tambour
A drum (Gen. 31) signifies spiritual good.
les femmes
'Women,' as in Genesis 45:19, signify the affections of truth. But in Genesis 31:50, 'women' signify affections of not genuine truth, so not of the...
femmes
'Women,' as in Genesis 45:19, signify the affections of truth. But in Genesis 31:50, 'women' signify affections of not genuine truth, so not of the...
après
La signification fondamentale du mot "suivre" dans la Bible est assez évidente si l'on considère ce que signifie "suivre le Seigneur". Cela ne signifie évidemment...
tambours
'A timbrel,' as in Psalms 81:2, has respect to what is spiritual.
partir
'To journey' signifies the institutes and order of life.
Israélites
'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...
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...
Trois
'Thirteen,' between twelve and fourteen, denotes the intermediate state. 'Thirteen,' as the sum of ten and three, denotes remains.
vinrent
Tous les changements de lieu dans la Bible représentent des changements d'état spirituel. "Entrer" - généralement utilisé comme entrer dans la maison de quelqu'un ou...
boire
La nourriture dans la Bible représente le désir de bien, et l'eau et les autres boissons représentent la compréhension et les idées vraies dont nous...
appelé
Appeler quelqu'un ou convoquer quelqu'un dans la Bible représente un désir de conjonction entre des états de vie supérieurs et inférieurs. Par exemple, imaginez quelqu'un...
boirons-nous
La nourriture dans la Bible représente le désir de bien, et l'eau et les autres boissons représentent la compréhension et les idées vraies dont nous...
bois
'Wood' signifies good, as well the good of love to the Lord as the good of charity towards our neighbor.
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...
voix
'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,...
Egypte
Dans la Bible, l'Égypte signifie la connaissance et l'amour de la connaissance. Dans un bon sens, cela signifie la connaissance de la vérité du Seigneur...
Elim
Elim (Exod. 15:27) signifies a state of illustration and of affection, thus of consolation after temptation.
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