figliuoli
'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...
Noè
'Noah,' as in Genesis 5:29, signifies the ancient church, or the parent of the three churches after the flood.
Sem
'Shem,' as in Genesis 10:21, signifies the ancient church in general.
Jafet
Japhet' signifies the people who constitute the external church and correspond to the internal.
dopo
Secondo Swedenborg, il tempo e lo spazio non esistono nella realtà spirituale, sono cose puramente naturali che esistono solo sul piano fisico. Ciò significa che...
Gomer
‘Gomer’ denotes those who are in outward worship.
Magog
'Magog' signifies people in external natural worship.
Madai
'Madai,' as in Isaiah 21:1, signifies the external church, or external worship in which is the internal. See Genesis 10:2, where 'Madai' is called 'the...
javan
Greece, in the Word, signifies the nations about to receive the truths of doctrine. Greece signifies the same as ‘isles.’ The king of Greece represents...
Tiras
'Tiras,' as in Genesis 10:2, was one of the nations practicing external worship corresponding with internal. These nations, in an internal sense, signify several doctrines,...
Rifat
'Riphath,' in Genesis 10:3, was one of several nations which had an external form of worship, and signifies several doctrinal matters, which respected ritual observances...
Togarma
'Togarmah,' as in Ezekiel 27:14, signifies people in internal worship.
isole
An island,' in an abstract sense, signifies the truth of faith.
nazioni
'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...
lingua
'The tongue,' as an organ, signifies doctrine, but as speech, or language, it signifies religion. 'Tongue' signifies perception of truth with respect to speech, and...
famiglie
Families (as in Genesis 8:19) signify goodnesses and truths arranged in man by the Lord, according to order. See Secrets of Heaven 917. In Nahum...
put
'Phut' denotes knowledges from the literal sense of the Word.
canaan
Canaan signifies a worship in things external without internals, which arose out of the internal church corrupted, called Ham. Thus it is that Ham is...
Havila
'Havilah,' as mentioned in Genesis 10:28, signifies a ritual of the church called Eber. 'The land of Havilah,' as mentioned in Genesis 2:11, signifies the...
dedan
Dedan (Gen. 10) signifies the knowledges of celestial things of an inferior order, such as consist in ritual observances. Dedan, in Jer. 49:8 signifies rituals...
generò
Procreare o essere generati è molto simile alla nascita: Rappresenta uno stato spirituale che conduce allo stato spirituale successivo. La "procreazione", tuttavia, è generalmente legata...
Nimrod
'Nimrod,' as in Genesis 10, signifies people who make internal worship external by depending upon external worship alone.
potente
'Might' denotes the forces or power of truth.
terra
"Terra" nella Bibbia può significare una persona o un gruppo di persone che la pensano come in una chiesa. Ma si riferisce specificamente all'esterno della...
dice
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...
principio
Nel Verbo, "inizio" non significa solo l'inizio di qualcosa nel tempo. In senso interiore, significa la fase iniziale di uno stato spirituale. Spiritualmente, "l'inizio" avviene...
ninive
'Nineveh' signifies the falsities of doctrinal matters, also the Gentiles, or the falsities originating in the fallacies of the senses, in the obscurity of an...
rehoboth
'Rehoboth,' as in Genesis 10:11, signifies false doctrines coming from the illusions of the senses, or ignorance, with a predominating desire for innovation or superiority.
Calah
Calah (Gen. 10:12) signifies falsity derived from evil lusts.
Resen
'Resen, between Nineveh and Calah,' as in Genesis 10:12, signifies false doctrinal matters of life, originating in the specific falsities signified by 'Nineveh' and 'Calah.'
città
Cities of the mountain and cities of the plain (Jeremiah 33:13) signify doctrines of charity and faith.
Ludim
'Lydians,' as in Jeremiah 46:8, signify fact based rituals.
filistei
The Philistines play a large role in the Bible as one of the longest-standing and most bitter rivals of the people of Israel, clashing with...
primogenito
When the Bible talks about generations or birth order, the internal meaning has to do with the progression of spiritual states and their relative importance....
heth
The daughters of Heth, as mentioned in Genesis 27:46, signify the affections of truth from a ground that is not genuine. Here they are the...
hivvei
The Hivites' represent those who were in idolatry, but in which there was something of good.
Gherar
Gerar, as in Genesis 10:19, signifies those things which are revealed concerning faith.
gaza
Gaza (or Azzah) signifies things revealed concerning charity.
sodoma
"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...
lingue
'The tongue,' as an organ, signifies doctrine, but as speech, or language, it signifies religion. 'Tongue' signifies perception of truth with respect to speech, and...
padre
Padre nella Parola significa ciò che è più interiore, e nelle cose che seguono l'ordine del Signore, significa ciò che è buono. Nel senso più...
fratello
Ci sono due modi in cui "fratello" è usato nella Bibbia, modi che si riflettono ancora nel linguaggio moderno. Uno denota una relazione di sangue...
maggiore
The word "great" is used in the Bible to represent a state with a strong degree of love and affection, of the desire for good;...
elam
Elam, mentioned in Isaiah 21:1, signifies faith originating in charity, consequently, the internal church. Elam, in Jeremiah 49:34, signifies the falsification of doctrine. In Jeremiah...
Lud
'Lud,' as in Genesis 10:22, signifies the knowledge of truth.
Aram
'Syria,' as in Ezekiel 27:16, signifies the church regarding knowledges of truth and good.
Hul
'Hul' signifies so many several kinds of knowledges derived from the knowledges of good.
due
The number "two" has two different meanings in the Bible. In most cases "two" indicates a joining together or unification. This is easy to see...
nome
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...
uno
A company might have executives setting policy and strategy, engineers designing products, line workers building them, managers handling personnel and others handling various functions. They...
Peleg
'Peleg,' as in Genesis 10:25, signifies the internal worship of the ancient church called Eber. Peleg,' as in Genesis 11:16, being mentioned as the son...
giorni
"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...
Jokthan
Joktan,' as in Genesis 10:25, signifies the external worship in the church called Eber.
almodad
Almodad (Genesis 10:26) was a ritual of the ancient church amongst the posterity of Eber.
Jerah
'Jerah,' in Genesis 10:27, is a ritual of the church called 'Eber.'
hadoram
Hadoram, as mentioned in Genesis 27, signifies a ritual of the church called 'Eber.'
Obal
'Obal,' as in Genesis 10:28, signifies a ritual of the church called Eber.
Abimael
Abimael, in Genesis 10:28, represents one of the ritual forms of the church called Eber. See Secrets of Heaven 1245. Abimael was the son of...
ofir
'Ophir,' as in Genesis 10:28, signifies a ritual of the church called 'Eber.' Gold of Ophir,' as in Isaiah 8:13 and Psalm 45, signifies spiritual...
dimora
Habitation, as mentioned in Genesis 27:39, signifies life. The habitation of holiness signifies the celestial kingdom. The habitation of honorableness signifies the spiritual kingdom, as...
montagna
'Hills' signify the good of charity.
Sefar
'Sephar,' as in Genesis 10:30, signifies good.
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