parola
'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...
giorni
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...
re
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...
Giuda
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.
samaria
'Samaria,' as in Amos 4:1. 6:1, signifies the spiritual church perverted.
gerusalemme
Jerusalem, on Mount Zion, signifies the doctrine of love to the Lord, and how it governs your life. Jerusalem first comes to our attention in...
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...
signore
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...
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...
testimonio
In court, a witness is someone who saw a crime being committed, or observed something that could help determine the guilt or innocence of the...
tempio
'A temple' represents heaven and the church. The sacred place where the ark was, represents the inmost, or third heaven, and the church among people...
santo
'Sanctuary' signifies the truth of heaven and the church. 'Sanctuary,' as in Ezekiel 24:21, signifies the Word.
monti
'Hills' signify the good of charity.
sotto
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...
valli
Mountains in the Bible represent people's highest points, where we are closest to the Lord - our love of the Lord and the state of...
fuoco
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...
acque
'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities. 'Waters' signify particularly the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual...
trasgressione
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...
giacobbe
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...
peccati
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...
casa
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
d’israele
'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...
israele
'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...
pietre
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...
vigne
A vineyard signifies the church where the Word is, by which the Lord is known. (Apocalypse Revealed 650)
immagini
'An image' signifies falsities from self-derived intelligence.
nudo
'Unclothed' signifies being deprived of the truths of faith.
grida
'To wail and howl,' as in Micah 1:8, signifies the grief of the angels of heaven and the people of the church, where the church...
porta
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...
polvere
Dust, in Ezekiel 26:12, signifies the lowest things which are of the sensual principle of man. In Isaiah 40:12, the dust signifies exterior or natural...
nudità
'Unclothed' signifies being deprived of the truths of faith.
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...
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...
figliuola
Marriages among people – both in the Bible and in life – represent spiritual marriage. Women represent the desire to be good and to do...
trasgressioni
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...
case
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
figliuoli
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...