mose
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...
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...
gesehen
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...
jehova
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...
Augen
Es ist üblich, "ich sehe" zu sagen, wenn wir etwas verstehen. Und tatsächlich steht "sehen" in der Bibel für das Erfassen und Verstehen geistiger Dinge....
Ägypten
In der Bibel bedeutet Ägypten Wissen und die Liebe zur Erkenntnis. In einem guten Sinn bedeutet das Wissen über die Wahrheit vom Herrn durch die...
pharao
'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...
zeichen
'A token,' as in Genesis 9:12, 13, 17, signifies causing it to be.
Herz
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...
gegeben
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...
sehen
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...
hören
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...
tag
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...
vierzig
'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...
wüste
'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...
Kleider
Soft raiment,' as in Matthew 11:9, represents the internal sense of the Word.
Schuh
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...
brot
Das Wort "Brot" wird in der Bibel auf zwei Arten verwendet. In einigen Fällen bedeutet es tatsächlich Brot; in anderen steht es für Nahrung im...
gegessen
Wenn wir essen, baut unser Körper die Nahrung auf und gewinnt daraus sowohl Energie als auch Materialien für den Aufbau und die Reparatur des Körpers....
wein
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;...
getrunken
Essen steht in der Bibel für das Verlangen nach dem Guten, und Wasser und andere Getränke stehen für das Verständnis und die wahren Ideen, die...
gott
Der Herr ist die Liebe selbst, ausgedrückt in der Form der Weisheit selbst. Die Liebe ist also sein Wesen, sein Innerstes. Die Weisheit - das...
Ort
'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...
König
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.
uns
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,...
Land
"Erde" kann in der Bibel eine Person oder eine Gruppe von Gleichgesinnten wie in einer Kirche bedeuten. Aber sie bezieht sich speziell auf das Äußere...
heute
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...
Vor
In den meisten Fällen ist die Bedeutung von "vorher" ziemlich einfach, sowohl als eine Art der Beurteilung der relativen Zeit, als auch in der Verwendung...
Stämme
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...
Lager
Lager in der Bibel stellen geistliche Ordnung dar - die ganze Sammlung der Wünsche einer Person (oder einer Kirchengemeinde) nach dem Guten und die wahren...
jehovas
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...
gottes
Der Herr ist die Liebe selbst, ausgedrückt in der Form der Weisheit selbst. Die Liebe ist also sein Wesen, sein Innerstes. Die Weisheit - das...
Abraham
Abraham (oder Abram, wie er am Anfang seiner Geschichte genannt wird) ist eine der Hauptfiguren in der Geschichte der heiligen Schrift. Er war der Vorfahre...
isaak
'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...
geschworen
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...
Nationen
'Nations' signify people who are in the good of love and charity from the Lord. Two nations in the womb,' as in Genesis 25:23, signify...
Holz
In general, plants in the Bible represent facts, thoughts and ideas – intellectual things. This makes sense: Plants are rooted in place, but can grow...
Stein
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...
silber
'Silver,' in the internal sense of the Word, signifies truth, but also falsity. 'Silver' means the truth of faith, or the truth acquired from selfhood,...
gold
Gold means good, and just as gold was the most precious metal known to ancient mankind so it represents the good of the highest and...
Mann
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
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...
Wurzel
'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.
wermut
'Wormwood' signifies infernal falsity because of its intense bitterness, which makes meat and drink awful. 'Waters of wormwood' signifies falsities of evil.
hört
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...
Herzen
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...
segne
Der Herr ist vollkommene Liebe, ausgedrückt als vollkommene Weisheit. Er hat uns geschaffen, damit Er uns lieben kann, damit Er uns Liebe und Weisheit schenken...
Zorn
Wut ist eine Emotion, die so häufig bei Menschen vorkommt, dass sie keiner Definition bedarf. Es können jedoch einige interessante Punkte angesprochen werden. 1) Der...
geschrieben
If knowing what’s right were the same as doing what’s right, we would all be thin, healthy, hard-working, law-abiding, faithful to our spouses and free...
Namen
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...
unter
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...
himmel
"Luft" steht in der Bibel für das Denken, aber in einer sehr allgemeinen Weise - eher für unsere Fähigkeit, Ideen wahrzunehmen und die Art und...
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...
Kinder
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....
nach
Laut Swedenborg existieren Zeit und Raum nicht in der spirituellen Realität; sie sind rein natürliche Dinge, die nur auf der physischen Ebene existieren. Das bedeutet,...
Kommen
Coming (Gen. 41:14) denotes communication by influx.
Ausländer
A foreigner, as in Exodus 12:45, signifies one who does good from his own natural disposition alone.
sagen
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...
Krankheiten
'The sickness prior to death means a movement towards regeneration, so the next stage towards it. A person is by nature in a state of...
schwefel
Brimstone (Isa. 34:9, etc.) signifies filthy lusts.
kraut
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...
väter
Vater bedeutet im Wort das Innerste, und in den Dingen, die der Ordnung des Herrn folgen, bedeutet es das Gute. Im höchsten Sinne bedeutet Vater...
Fluch
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...
tage
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...