moglie
The Hebrew of the Old Testament has six different common words which are generally translated as "wife," which largely overlap but have different nuances. Swedenborg...
caino
'Cain' signifies the doctrine of faith separated from love. See Arcana Coelestia 338 and the sections that follow it.
disse
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...
uomo
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
abele
Abel signifies charity or love, in Genesis 4:2. (Divine Providence 242, Arcana Coelestia 325, and Arcana Coelestia 341). Abel signifies celestial love, which is loving...
fratello
There are two ways "brother" is used in the Bible, ways that are still reflected in modern language. One denotes an actual blood relationship; the...
pastore
The Writings tell us that shepherds represent those who lead and teach others, using knowledge and true ideas to help people reach the goodness of...
offerta
It was customary in the representative Ancient Church, and later in the Jewish Church, when people went to the judges, and at a later time,...
gregge
A flock, as in Genesis 26, denotes interior or rational good. A flock signifies those who are in spiritual good. A flock signifies natural interior...
Grasso
'Fat things full of marrow,' signify goods.
l’eterno
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...
viso
“The eyes are the windows of the soul.” That’s a sentiment with roots somewhere in murky antiquity, but one that has become hopelessly cliché because...
peccato
In the Word three terms are used to mean bad things that are done. These three are transgression, iniquity, and sin, and they are here...
porta
In a general sense, doors in the Bible represent the initial desires for good and concepts of truth that introduce people to new levels of...
voce
When the Lord speaks through the heaven, it descends into the lower spheres and is heard as thunder. As He speaks through the whole of...
sangue
Bloods signify evil, in Ezek. 16:9.
ha aperto
To open,' as in Revelation 9, signifies communication and conjunction.
Aperto
To open,' as in Revelation 9, signifies communication and conjunction.
bocca
In most cases, "mouth" in the Bible represents thought and logic, especially the kind of active, concrete thought that is connected with speech. The reason...
mano
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
vagabondo
'To be a vagabond' is to have no knowledge of truth and good.
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...
grande
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;...
oggi
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...
nascosto
'To hide themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains,' as mentioned in Revelation 6:15, signifies being in evils and in falsities...
ucciderà
'To slay a man to his wounding,' means extinguishing faith, and 'to slay a young man to his hurt,' signifies extinguishing charity, as in Genesis...
Eden
According to the Writings, “Eden” by itself means love, in most cases the love that comes from the Lord and our love for the Lord,...
Enoc
Enoch (Gen. 5:18) signifies the seventh church from Adam, and which consisted of those who had framed doctrines out of the things which had been...
città
In the ancient world cities were very nearly nations unto themselves – they existed within walls, with their own laws and customs, generally centered on...
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...
figliuolo
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....
Irad
'Irad,' the son of Enoch, in Genesis 4:18, signifies heretical doctrine derived from Cain.
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...
Mehujael
'Mehujael' signifies heresies.
lamec
Lamech,' as in Genesis 4:18, signifies the vastation of the church when there was no longer any faith. Lamech,' as in Genesis 5:25, signifies the...
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...
mogli
The Hebrew of the Old Testament has six different common words which are generally translated as "wife," which largely overlap but have different nuances. Swedenborg...
Ada
Adah, Lamech's wife, (Genesis 4:9), represents the mother of the celestial things of faith.
Jabal
'Jabal, the father of people who dwell in tents, and of cattle,' as in Genesis 4:20, signifies doctrine concerning the holy things of love, and...
il padre
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...
padre
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...
tende
'Tent' is used in the Word to signify the celestial and holy aspects of love, because in ancient time they performed holy worship in their...
greggi
Animals in the Bible generally refer to spiritual activity, the things we actually do on a spiritual level. "Cattle," as typically used in the Bible,...
Jubal
'Jubal,' as in Genesis 4:21, signifies the doctrine of spiritual things in the new church which succeeded Lamech. Being 'the father of the harp and...
di rame
Brass and iron as in Isaiah 48:4 and Daniel 7:19 signify what is hard.
rame
Brass and iron as in Isaiah 48:4 and Daniel 7:19 signify what is hard.
ferro
'Iron,' in Deuteronomy 8:9, signifies natural or rational truth. Iron' signifies natural truth, and consequently, the natural sense of the Word. At the same time,...
La sorella di
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...
sorella
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...
Naama
Naamah, the sister of Tubal-Cain,' as in Genesis 4:22, signifies a new church of the doctrine of natural good, and truth from that church.
dire
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...
ucciso
'To slay a man to his wounding,' means extinguishing faith, and 'to slay a young man to his hurt,' signifies extinguishing charity, as in Genesis...
vendicato
'To be avenged seventy and seven fold' denotes damnation.
Sette
The number 'seven' was considered holy, as is well known, because of the six days of creation, and the seventh, which is the celestial self,...
settantasette volte
'To be avenged seventy and seven fold' denotes damnation.
Adamo
Adamo è una delle figure più cruciali e più controverse della Bibbia, che divide anche i fedeli in campi: quelli che credono che sia letteralmente...
seth
'Seth,' as in Genesis 4:25 , signifies a new faith which brings charity.
Iddio
Il Signore è l'amore stesso, espresso sotto forma di saggezza. L'amore, quindi, è la sua essenza, il suo intimo. La saggezza - la comprensione amorosa...
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