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...
gefilde
'A plain' signifies good and truth in the natural self, because 'the people who dwell in plains,' or 'beneath mountains and hills' are in the...
Moabiter
'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...
Berg
The Writings tell us that the Lord's love is the sun of heaven, and it is natural for us to look above ourselves to the...
jericho
Jericho' signifies instruction and also the good of life because no one can be instructed in the truths of doctrine but he who is in...
herr
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...
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...
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...
naphthali
'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...
ephraim
Ephraim war der zweite Sohn, der Joseph in Ägypten geboren wurde, und wurde, zusammen mit seinem älteren Bruder Manasse, von Jakob in den gleichen Status...
manasse
'Manasseh' signifies the will of the spiritual church.
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.
Meer
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,...
jerichos
Jericho' signifies instruction and also the good of life because no one can be instructed in the truths of doctrine but he who is in...
Zoar
Zoar, eine Stadt erwähnt in 1 Mose 13:10bedeutet die Zuneigung zur Güte. Zoar lag nicht weit von Sodom entfernt; Lot floh dorthin, nachdem er von...
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...
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
'To sware' is a binding.
samen
'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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
alt
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...
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....
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...
dreißig
'Thirty' has a twofold significance because it is is the product of five and six, and also three and ten. From five multiplied by six,...
tage
"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...
josua
Josua wird erstmals in Exodus 17 erwähnt, wo ihm aufgetragen wird, Männer auszuwählen, die für die Kinder Israels gegen die Amalekiter in der Wüste kämpfen...
Sohn
'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...
Hände
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
geboten
Ein Befehl ist eine Anweisung, dass etwas getan werden muss, und richtet sich an eine Einzelperson oder an eine Gruppe. Es ist ein Imperativ, keine...
prophet
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...
zeichen
'A token,' as in Genesis 9:12, 13, 17, signifies causing it to be.
Ägyptenland
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...
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...
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...
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