palavras
'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...
senhor
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...
ordenou
Ordenar é dar uma ordem que algo deve ser feito, e é dirigido a um indivíduo, ou a um grupo. É um imperativo, não uma...
Moisés
Moses's name appears 814 times in the Bible (KJV), third-most of any one character (Jesus at 961 actually trails David at 991). He himself wrote...
filhos
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...
de israel
'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...
israel
'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...
Terra
"Terra" na Bíblia pode significar uma pessoa ou um grupo de pessoas que pensam da mesma maneira como numa igreja. Mas refere-se especificamente ao exterior...
Moabe
'Moab,' in a positive sense, signifies people who are in natural good, and allow themselves to be easily seduced, but in an opposite sense, it...
chamou
Chamar alguém ou invocar alguém na Bíblia representa um desejo de conjunção entre estados superiores e inferiores da vida. Por exemplo, imagine alguém em um...
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...
olhos
É comum dizer "eu vejo" quando entendemos algo. E de fato, "ver" na Bíblia representa agarrar e entender coisas espirituais. Portanto, faz sentido que os...
egito
Na Bíblia, Egito significa conhecimento e o amor ao conhecimento. Em bom sentido, isso significa conhecimento da verdade do Senhor através da Bíblia, mas em...
faraó
'Pharaoh' signifies scientific ideas, or the natural principle in general. 'Pharaoh' signifies false ideas infesting the truth of the church. Pharaoh,' in Genesis 40, represents...
sinais
'A token,' as in Genesis 9:12, 13, 17, signifies causing it to be.
hoje
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...
dado
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...
coração
The heart means love. A good heart means love to the Lord and to the neighbor while a hard or stony heart means the love...
ouvir
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...
Quarenta
'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...
deserto
'Wilderness' signifies something with little life in it, as described in the internal sense in Luke 1:80 'Wilderness' signifies somewhere there is no good because...
Roupa
Soft raiment,' as in Matthew 11:9, represents the internal sense of the Word.
sapato
In the Word, 'the sole of the foot' and 'the heel' signifies the ultimate natural. 'The shoe' is what clothes the sole of the foot...
Pé
Os nossos pés são as partes mais baixas do nosso corpo, e são muito úteis! Na Bíblia, os pés representam a parte mais baixa e...
pão
Assim como o alimento natural alimenta o corpo natural, também o alimento espiritual alimenta o corpo espiritual. E como o nosso corpo espiritual é a...
vinho
Wine played a key role in the ancient world, where safe, reliable water sources were scarce. It could be stored for long periods of time;...
Deus
O Senhor é o próprio amor, expresso na forma da própria sabedoria. O amor, então, é a sua essência, o seu íntimo. A sabedoria -...
rei
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...
Hesbom
'Heshbon,' as mentioned in Jeremiah 49:3, signifies the fructification of truth in the natural self.
nos
Angels do give us guidance, but they are mere helpers; the Lord alone governs us, through angels and spirits. Since angels have their assisting role,...
encontro
In natural language, to "meet" someone can be positive or negative: it can be a welcoming and greeting, or it can be "meeting" them in...
herança
In Biblical times, possessions passed from fathers to sons, a patriarchal system that would not be accepted in today's society – but one that is...
cabeças
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....
tribos
In general, 'the twelve tribes' signify every aspect of the doctrine of truth and good, or of faith and love. Truth and good, or faith...
Anciãos
Os anciãos são mencionados na Bíblia principalmente de duas maneiras: Primeiro os anciãos de Israel: e segundo os 24 anciãos sentados sobre o trono de...
homens
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
mulheres
The word "woman" is used a number of different ways in the Bible – as a simple description, as someone connected to a man ("his...
estrangeiro
The word "stranger" is used many times in the Bible, and it is sometimes paired with the word "sojourner". They are different concepts in the...
água
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,...
juramento
'To sware' is a binding.
Pais
Pai na Palavra significa o que é mais interior, e nas coisas que estão seguindo a ordem do Senhor, significa o que é bom. No...
abraão
Abraão (ou Abrão, como é chamado no início da sua história) é um dos personagens principais da história da Sagrada Escritura. Ele foi o ancestral...
jacó
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...
Nações
'Nations' signify people who are in the good of love and charity from the Lord. Two nations in the womb,' as in Genesis 25:23, signify...
ídolos
Idols of stone signify worship from falsities of doctrine. Idols of wood signify worship from evils of doctrine. Idols of silver signify worship from what...
pedra
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...
prata
'Silver,' in the internal sense of the Word, signifies truth, but also falsity. 'Silver' means the truth of faith, or the truth acquired from selfhood,...
ouro
'Money' relates to truth.
mulher
The word "woman" is used a number of different ways in the Bible – as a simple description, as someone connected to a man ("his...
família
Families (as in Genesis 8:19) signify goodnesses and truths arranged in man by the Lord, according to order. See Secrets of Heaven 917. In Nahum...
servir
Generally speaking, those who are at lower levels of an organization serve those at higher levels. Bosses boss and their employees serve; coaches devise strategy...
Deuses
O Senhor é o próprio amor, expresso na forma da própria sabedoria. O amor, então, é a sua essência, o seu íntimo. A sabedoria -...
raiz
'A root,' as in Malachi 4:1, signifies charity. The dried up root,' as in Hosea 9:16, 17, signifies charity which could not bear fruit.
fel
Gall signifies the same thing as wormwood, that is, infernal falsity.
ira
'Wrath,' as in Genesis 49:7, signifies aversion from truth. 'Great wrath,' as in Revelation 12:12, signifies hatred against the new church.
escrita
If knowing what’s right were the same as doing what’s right, we would all be thin, healthy, hard-working, law-abiding, faithful to our spouses and free...
livro
(Rev. 10:9.) "And I went unto the angel, saying, give me the little book," signifies the faculty of perceiving the quality of the Word from...
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...
céu
Céus são coisas celestiais e espirituais. Consequentemente, eles são coisas íntimas, tanto do reino do Senhor no céu quanto na terra. Isto também se refere...
mal
'To hurt,' as mentioned in Revelation 6:6, signifies violation and profanation. 'To hurt' as mentioned in Revelation 9:4, signifies perverting the truths and goods of...
escrito
If knowing what’s right were the same as doing what’s right, we would all be thin, healthy, hard-working, law-abiding, faithful to our spouses and free...
geração
To “generate” something is to create it, and that idea underpins the meaning of a “generation” of people – it is a group that was...
depois de
Segundo o Swedenborg, tempo e espaço não existem na realidade espiritual; são coisas puramente naturais que existem apenas no plano físico. Isto significa que uma...
Terras
'Lands' of different nations are used in the Word to signify the different kinds of love prevalent in the inhabitants.
Pragas
'Plagues' signify evils of love, and falsities of faith. 'The plagues of Egypt' signify the falsities and lust which cause the church to perish. In...
doenças
'The sick,' as in Matthew 25:35, signify people in evil, and those who acknowledge that in themselves there is nothing but evil.
enxofre
Brimstone (Isa. 34:9, etc.) signifies filthy lusts.
sal
'Salt' is the desire of conjunction of truth with good, which is why only salt will conjoin water, which corresponds to truth, and oil, which...
erva
Every herb in the Word signifies some species of scientifics. 'Herb bearing seed,' as mentioned in Genesis 1:29, signifies every truth which regards use. 'Green...
Sodoma
"Sodom" in the Bible represents the love of self and the love of ruling or dominating others springing from the love of self. This is...
conhecido
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
trazer
Como nos verbos comuns em geral, o significado de "trazer" é altamente dependente do contexto, mas em geral representa uma introdução a um novo estado...
maldição
The Lord is love itself, and his love for us never wavers and never changes. What does waver and change is the degree to which...
dia
"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...
para sempre
Em muitos casos, o uso da "eternidade" na Bíblia é bastante literal, simples significado para sempre. Isto é especialmente verdade quando o texto se refere...
sempre
Em muitos casos, o uso da "eternidade" na Bíblia é bastante literal, simples significado para sempre. Isto é especialmente verdade quando o texto se refere...
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