兄
Brethren (Gen. 27:29) signify the affections of good.
兄弟
Brethren (Gen. 27:29) signify the affections of good.
羊
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...
カナン
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...
ゴセン
‘The land of Goshen,’ as in Genesis 46:28, signifies the innermost parts of the natural mind.
五
Five also signifies all things of one part.
先祖
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...
国
Generally in the Bible a "country" means a political subdivision ruled by a king, or sometimes a tribe with a territory ruled by a king...
群れ
It’s pretty easy for most people to read the Bible and get a sense for what “sheep” means without any help. They are simple, peaceful,...
草
Plants in the Bible generally represent facts, knowledge that can be gleaned from the world. Plants that can serve animals as food represent facts that...
エジプト
'Mizraim' signifies the same thing as Egypt.
前
ほとんどの場合、"before "の意味は簡単です。相対的な時間を評価する方法としても、"誰かの前で "という意味でも、"before "は使われます。しかし,主に関連して使われる場合には,より深い意味を持ちます。主の前に」いるということは、主の前にいるだけでなく、主から善の欲求と真理の理解を受けて、それに従って生きることを意味します。そして、主に関連して時間の評価として使われる場合、「前に」とは「永遠に」という意味であり、私たちが経験する時間ではなく、霊的な状態を指します。
知っている
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
家畜
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,...
祝福
The Lord is perfect love expressed as perfect wisdom. He created us so that He could love us, could give us love and wisdom of...
百
It's a landmark for a young child to count to 100; it sort of covers all the "ordinary" numbers. One hundred is obviously significant for...
三十
'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,...
日
"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...
家
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
食物
Just as natural food feeds the natural body, so spiritual food feeds the spiritual body. And since our spiritual body is the expression of what...
銀
'Money' relates to truth.
馬
'A horse' signifies knowledges or understanding of the Word. In an opposite sense it signifies the understanding of the Word falsified by reasonings, and likewise...
牛
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,...
主
In most cases, a "master" in the Bible refers to truth: knowledge, an understanding of the situation at hand, an understanding of the Lord's wishes,...
獣
"Beasts" represent the affection for doing good things, a true desire to do them from the heart. In the negative sense, "beasts" stand for the...
目
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...
畑
When we have a desire to be good people and to do good things, the natural first questions are "What does that mean?" "What should...
売った
'To sell,' as in Genesis 41:56, means transferring to another as their own, because what is sold becomes the property of the one who buys...
国境
A border as in Isaiah 54:12 signifies the scientific and sensual principle. "And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand-breath round about."...
与える
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...
四
The number "four" in the Bible represents things being linked together or joined. This is partly because four is two times two, and two represents...
自分の
In many cases, the spiritual meaning of "own," both as a verb and as an adjective, is relatively literal. When people are described as the...
救い
To be saved or rescued means getting true ideas that we can hold to even in the face of a storm of false thinking. Sometimes...
今日
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...
イスラエル
'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...
四十
'Forty' means completeness because 'four' means what is complete, as does 'ten.' Forty is the product of four and ten. Compound numbers have a meaning...
死ぬ
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
子
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....
手
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
下
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...
下に
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...
親切
In regular language, "mercy" means being caring and compassionate toward those who are in poor states. That's a position we are all in relative to...
誓った
'To sware' is a binding.