ဘုရား
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...
စာရာ
'Sarah' denotes truth joined to good. Sarai was called 'Sarah' so she would represent the divine intellectual principle by adding the 'H' from the name...
စ
To beget or to be begotten is very similar in meaning to birth: It represents one spiritual state leading to the next spiritual state. "Beget,"...
ဘုရားသခ
The Lord is called "Jehovah" in the Bible when the text is referring to his essence, which is love itself. He is called "God" when...
အာဗြဟံ
Abraham (or Abram, as he is named in the beginning of his story) was the ancestor of all the Children of Israel, through his son...
သူ
To beget or to be begotten is very similar in meaning to birth: It represents one spiritual state leading to the next spiritual state. "Beget,"...
သား
'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...
ဘွား
To beget or to be begotten is very similar in meaning to birth: It represents one spiritual state leading to the next spiritual state. "Beget,"...
အာဗြဟံသည်
Abraham (or Abram, as he is named in the beginning of his story) was the ancestor of all the Children of Israel, through his son...
ရှစ်
According to Swedenborg, the number eight represents something that is complete within itself, in every respect. Two reasons are offered for this. First, eight is...
က
To command is to give an order that something must be done, and is directed to an individual, or a group. It is an imperative,...
နေ့
"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...
အရေဖျားလှီး
Circumcision (Gen. 17:10) signifies purity.
တရာ
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...
ကြား
Thanks to modern science, we now understand that hearing actually happens in the brain, not the ears. The ears collect vibrations in the air and...
ကြီးပွား
‘To grow’ signifies to be perfected.
နို့
'To wean,' as in Genesis 21:8, signifies separation, as infants are from their mother’s breasts.
ပွဲ
There are two kinds of feasts mentioned in the Bible. Some were held to commemorate specific, one-time events, such as the feast Abraham held to...
ဟာဂရ
Hagar, as mentioned in Genesis 16, signifies the affection of sciences of the outward self and also the life of the outer or natural self.
မြင်
The symbolic meaning of "seeing" is "understanding," which is obvious enough that it has become part of common language (think about it; you might see...
နားထောင်
'To hearken to father and mother,' as mentioned in Genesis 28:7, signifies obedience from affection. 'To hearken,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:22, signifies providence. See...
နံနက်
Morning comes with the rising of the sun, and the sun – which gives life to the earth with its warmth and light – represents...
စောစော
Since the sun represents the Lord, the early morning and sunrise represent a state of enlightenment, with a new and clear understanding coming after a...
ထ
It is common in the Bible for people to "rise up," and it would be easy to pass over the phrase as simply describing a...
ရေ
Water was obviously of tremendous importance in Biblical times (and every other time). It is the basis of life, the essential ingredient in all drinks,...
ချုံ
'A shrub' or 'plant,' as in Genesis 21:15, denotes perception, but so little that it is hardly anything, in same way as 'trees,' but to...
သေသည်
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
လေး
A bow signifies falsity of doctrine destroying truth, and spear, the falsity of evil destroying good. (Jer. 6:23.)
ထိုင်
If you think about sitting, it seems fair to say that where you're sitting is more important than that you're sitting. Sitting in a movie...
နေ
'Inhabit' refers to good.
အသံ
'Voice' signifies what is announced from the Word. 'Voice' often refers and is applied to things that cannot have a voice, as in Exodus 4,...
လွှ
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...
ကောင်းကင်တမန်
'A messenger' signifies communication.
ကောင်းကင်
Heavens are celestial and spiritual things. Consequently, they are inmost things, both of the Lord's kingdom in heaven the and in the earth. This also...
တမန်
'A messenger' signifies communication.
လက်
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
မျက်စိ
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...
ရေတွင်း
In Genesis 21, 'wells' signify doctrines, both those disputed and not disputed. Without this significance digging wells and disputing about them would have been too...
တွင်း
A pit,' or 'well which has no water,' as in Jeremiah 2:13, signifies doctrines which have no truths.
ရေကို
Water was obviously of tremendous importance in Biblical times (and every other time). It is the basis of life, the essential ingredient in all drinks,...
ပြည်
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...
မိန်းမ
The word "woman" is used a number of different ways in the Bible – as a simple description, as someone connected to a man ("his...
အဘိမလက်
Abimelech, his companion Ahusath, and Phicol, the chief captain of his army (Genesis 26:26), represent the doctrinals of faith as grounded in the literal sense...
မြေ
Land' in the Word, denotes the church, for the things which signify the church also signify the things relating to the church, for these constitute...
ကျိန်ဆို
'To sware' is a binding.
ကျွန်
“Servant” literally means “a person who serves another,"" and its meaning is similar in reference to the spiritual meaninngs of the Bible. Our lives in...
သိ.
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
သိ
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
သိုး
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...
နွား
'A herd,' as mentioned in Genesis 32:7, denotes exterior or natural good, and also not good things.
ပေး
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...
နှစ်
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...
သိုးစု
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,...
တူး
In general, digging in the Bible means applying your own mind, your own faculties to find or create spiritual things. This is reflected in common...
ပြန်.
There are many instances in the Bible which describe people turning back, looking back or going back. In most cases it is a negative, sometimes...
အစဉ်အမြဲ
'Perpetual' in the literal sense, means to the end of one’s life, after death, and eternity.
ထာဝရ
In many cases, the use of “eternity” in the Bible is pretty literal, simple meaning forever. This is especially true when the text is referring...
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