Sohn
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....
Priester
Priests' represent the Lord regarding His divine good. When they do not acknowledge the Lord, they lose their signification of the Lord.
Hause
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
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...
jeremia
Jeremiah, in the Book of Jeremiah 1:1 and what follows, represents the Lord. (Arcana Coelestia 2838 [2]). In Jeremiah 13:7, he signifies the state of...
schlug
'To smite' signifies condemnation. 'To smite,' as in Genesis 14:15, signifies vindication. 'To smite,' as in Genesis 32:8, signifies destruction. 'To smite the earth with...
Propheten
The idea of a "prophet" is very closely tied to the idea of the Bible itself, since the Bible was largely written by prophets. At...
Tore
"Gates" in ancient times had a significance that does not hold in the modern world. Cities then were enclosed by walls for protection; gates in...
Benjamin
Also, Benjamin signifies the Word in its ultimate sense (Deut. 33:12)
sprach
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...
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...
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...
spricht
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...
schwert
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...
feinde
An enemy in the Bible refers to people who are in the love of evil and the false thinking that springs from evil. On a...
fallen
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...
Augen
It’s common to say “I see” when we understand something. And indeed, “seeing” in the Bible represents grasping and understanding spiritual things. So it makes...
sehen
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...
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.
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...
königs
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...
geben
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...
stadt
In the ancient world cities were very nearly nations unto themselves – they existed within walls, with their own laws and customs, generally centered on...
Schätze
'Treasure,' as in Matthew 13:44, signifies divine truth in the Word.
Könige
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...
bringen
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “bring” is highly dependent on context, but in general it represents an introduction to a new...
Kommen
Coming (Gen. 41:14) denotes communication by influx.
sterben
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
tag
"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...
gewalttat
'Violence' signifies the outrage done to charity and the destruction of charity and faith. 'Violence,' as in Jeremiah 15:21, signifies falsities which assault the good...
wort
'Word,' as in Psalms 119:6-17, stands for doctrine in general. 'The Word,' as in Psalms 147:18, signifies divine good united with divine truth. 'Word,' as...
reden
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
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...
feuer
Just as natural fire can be both comforting in keeping you warm or scary in burning down your house, so fire in the spiritual sense...
müde
On the surface, it appears that Swedenborg gives two different representations for “weariness.” In discussing Genesis - where Esau and later Jacob are described as...
gehört
'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...
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,...
beschämt
To be ashamed (Gen 2:25) signifies to be in evil
Schande
To be ashamed (Gen 2:25) signifies to be in evil
vergessen
To forget, in the internal sense, signifies nothing else but removal and apparent privation.
heerscharen
A host and an army come from the same Hebrew word and mean the same thing in Bible; when the Children of Israel were numbered...
nieren
'Kidneys,' as in Exodus 29:13, signify interior truths, or truths exploring, purifying, and correcting.
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...
Seele
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...
geboren
In einem allgemeinen Sinne stellt das "Geborenwerden" in der Bibel einen spirituellen Zustand dar, der einen anderen hervorbringt, in der Regel eine Form von Liebe...
mutter
In general, mothers in the Bible represent the Lord's church on earth, or the church among those who know and follow the Lord. In some...
gesegnet
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...
Mann
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
Vater
Father in the Word means what is most interior, and in those things that are following the Lord's order, it means what is good. In...
männliches Kind
'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...
Kind
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....
Morgen
Morning comes with the rising of the sun, and the sun – which gives life to the earth with its warmth and light – represents...
ewig
'Perpetual' in the literal sense, means to the end of one’s life, after death, and eternity.
schwanger
To be with child, (Gen. 38:24), signifies to produce something.
mühsal
Labor' has respect, in a positive sense, to the things that are of love, and in an opposite sense, to the things that are of...
kummer
'The woman condemned to 'bring forth sons in sorrow' denotes the anxieties and combats in the production of truths.
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...
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