isak
'Isaac' represents spiritual love. 'Isaac,' in Genesis 17:19, signifies the rational divine. 'Isaac' signifies the Lord's divine rational in reference to divine good. Isaac' signifies...
sa
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...
jakob
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...
velsignet
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...
døtre
Marriages among people – both in the Bible and in life – represent spiritual marriage. Women represent the desire to be good and to do...
hus
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
Labans
'Laban' signifies the affection of good in the natural self, or the affection of external good, and properly collateral good of a common stock. The...
velsigne
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...
fruktbar
To be fruitful is predicated of goodnesses, and to be multiplied, of truths.
gi
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...
abraham
Abraham (or Abram, as he is named in the beginning of his story) is one of the major characters in the story of the sacred...
abrahams
Abraham (or Abram, as he is named in the beginning of his story) is one of the major characters in the story of the sacred...
land
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...
gud
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...
Laban
'Laban' signifies the affection of good in the natural self, or the affection of external good, and properly collateral good of a common stock. The...
sønn
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....
bror
Brethren (Gen. 27:29) signify the affections of good.
ebekka
'Rebecca,' as in Genesis 24, signifies divine truth which would be joined to divine good of the Lord’s rational mind, which is 'Isaac.'
jakobs
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...
esaus
Esau (Gen. 28:5, etc.) signifies the truth of good in the natural principle. Esau (Gen. 32:3) signifies celestial good in the natural principle.
mor
In general, mothers in the Bible represent the Lord's church on earth, or the church among those who know and follow the Lord. In some...
esau
Esau (Gen. 28:5, etc.) signifies the truth of good in the natural principle. Esau (Gen. 32:3) signifies celestial good in the natural principle.
sendt
'To send' signifies revealing.
befaling
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,...
far
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...
Ismael
'Ishmael' represents the first rationality pertaining to the Lord. 'Ishmael' signifies rationality separate from good. 'Ishmael' signifies the Lord's merely human rational. Ishmael, in Genesis...
Mahalat
'Mahalath,' as in Genesis 28:9, signifies truth from a divine origin.
datter
"Behold I have two daughters,” etc. (Gen. 19:8), signifies the affections of good and truth, and the blessedness perceivable from the enjoyment thereof, by those...
Nebajots
'Nebaioth,' as in Genesis 28, denotes good of the spiritual church.
søster
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...
karan
'Haran,' as mentioned in Genesis 11:28, signifies inward idolatrous worship. 'Haran,' as mentioned in Genesis 12:5, signifies an obscure state. 'Haran,' as mentioned in Genesis...
kom
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “come” in the Bible is highly dependent on context – its meaning is determined largely by...
sted
'A dry place,' as in Luke 11:24, signifies states of evil and falsity which are in the life of someone who does the work of...
under
Generally speaking things that are seen as lower physically in the Bible represent things that are lower or more external spiritually. In some cases this...
stige
A ladder' signifies the communication of truth which is in the lowest place with truth which is in the highest.
himmelen
"Air" in the Bible represents thought, but in a very general way – more like our capacity to perceive ideas and the way we tend...
se
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...
Guds
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...
ned
"Down" is used many different ways in natural language, and its spiritual meaning in the Bible is highly dependent on context. Phrases like "bowing down,"...
herren
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...
isaks
'Isaac' represents spiritual love. 'Isaac,' in Genesis 17:19, signifies the rational divine. 'Isaac' signifies the Lord's divine rational in reference to divine good. Isaac' signifies...
støvet
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...
nord
'North' signifies people who are in obscurity regarding truth. North,' in Isaiah 14:31, signifies hell. The North,' as in Jeremiah 3:12, signifies people who are...
tilbake
Everyone knows the phrase "the natural order of things." It means that everything is in its proper place, occupying the niche it is meant to...
søvn
In a general sense, sleeping in the Bible represents a state of obscurity about spiritual matters, a state in which you are not recognizing things...
visste
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
frykt
The fearful signify people who have no faith.
himmelens
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...
Port
"Gates" in ancient times had a significance that does not hold in the modern world. Cities then were enclosed by walls for protection; gates in...
tidlig
Morning comes with the rising of the sun, and the sun – which gives life to the earth with its warmth and light – represents...
hode
The head is the part of us that is highest, which means in a representative sense that it is what is closest to the Lord....
olje
Oil – typically olive oil – was an extremely important product in Biblical times, for food preparation, medicinal ointment and for burning in lamps. As...
betel
When Jacob had his famous dream, of a staircase leading to heaven, he named the place "Bethel," which is Hebrew for "the house of God."...
luz
'Luz,' as in Genesis 28, signifies a state wherein truth and good are together in the ultimate principle of order.
løfte
In Genesis 28:20, 'he vowed a vow' denotes, in the internal sense, willing that the Lord will provide. In the highest sense, where the Lord...
brød
The word “bread” is used two ways in the Bible. In some cases it means actual bread; in others it stands for food in general....
klær
It is said, in Deuteronomy 22:11, "Thou shalt not wear a garment of diverse sorts; as of woolen and linen together…”. This means that the...
gir
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...
