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...
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...
quetura
'Keturah,' as in Genesis 25:1, signifies divine truth spiritual, conjoined to divine good spiritual.
jocsã
Jokshan' signifies common lots of the Lord's spiritual kingdom.
midiã
'Midian' signifies people who are in falsity.
Dedã
Dedan (Gen. 10) signifies the knowledges of celestial things of an inferior order, such as consist in ritual observances. Dedan, in Jer. 49:8 signifies rituals...
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...
filho
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....
vida
'Lives' is used in the plural, because of the will and understanding, and because these two lives make one.
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...
dias
"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...
cinco
Fifteen, as in Genesis 7:20, signifies so few as to be scarce anything.
boa
It seems rather circular to say that “good” in the Bible represents good, but in a general sense it’s true! The case is this: The...
Cheio
'To satiate' relates to the extent of a person's will, for good or evil.
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...
Macpela
'Macpelah,' as in Genesis 23:17, signifies regeneration by truth, which relates to faith.
campo
Um "campo" na Bíblia geralmente representa a igreja do Senhor, e mais especificamente o desejo de bem dentro da igreja. É onde as coisas boas...
Efrom
Ephron (Gen. 23:8, 17) signifies those with whom the good and truth of faith, which are the constituents of the church, might be received.
hete
The daughters of Heth, as mentioned in Genesis 27:46, signify the affections of truth from a ground that is not genuine. Here they are the...
Sara
'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...
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 -...
Agar
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.
serva
'A handmaid' signifies the affection of rational and scientific things. 'A handmaid,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:3, signifies the affirming medium of conjoining inner truths...
nomes
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...
primogênito
Quando a Bíblia fala sobre gerações ou ordem de nascimento, o significado interno tem a ver com a progressão dos estados espirituais e sua importância...
Nebaiote
'Nebaioth,' as in Genesis 28, denotes good of the spiritual church.
Mibsão
'Mibsam' means things pertaining to the spiritual church.
Tema
'Tema' represents aspects of the spiritual church among the Gentiles.
jetur
Jetur' represents the spiritual church among the gentiles.
nafis
'Naphish' represents things in the spiritual church.
segundo
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...
trinta
'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,...
Sete
The number 'seven' was considered holy, as is well known, because of the six days of creation, and the seventh, which is the celestial self,...
Havilá
'Havilah,' as mentioned in Genesis 10:28, signifies a ritual of the church called Eber. 'The land of Havilah,' as mentioned in Genesis 2:11, signifies the...
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...
irmãos
Há duas maneiras de se usar "irmão" na Bíblia, maneiras que ainda são refletidas na linguagem moderna. Uma denota uma relação de sangue real; a...
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...
filha
"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...
Padã
'Padan Aram,' as in Genesis 28:2, signifies the exterior knowledges of good and truth.
irmã
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...
Labão
'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...
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...
estéril
"Sarai was barren, she had no child" (Gen 11:30), signifies that evil and falsity were not productive.
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...
duas
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...
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...
dois
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...
gêmeos
'Twins in the womb,' as in Genesis 25:24, signifies that both good and truth, represented by Esau and Jacob, were conceived together.
primeiro
Why would it be insulting for a man to refer to his married partner as his “first wife”? Because it implies there will be a...
esaú
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.
irmão
Há duas maneiras de se usar "irmão" na Bíblia, maneiras que ainda são refletidas na linguagem moderna. Uma denota uma relação de sangue real; a...
mão
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
chamado
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...
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...
sessenta
'Sixty' means the full time and state of the implantation of truth in our minds.
tendas
'Tent' is used in the Word to signify the celestial and holy aspects of love, because in ancient time they performed holy worship in their...
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...
edom
'Edom' or 'Idumea,' as in Isaiah 34:5, signifies those who are in evil and in falsities thence derived.
vende
'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...
morrer
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
jurou
'To sware' is a binding.
pão
A palavra "pão" é usada de duas maneiras na Bíblia. Em alguns casos, significa pão real; em outros, significa comida em geral. Olhando para os...
Lentilhas
'Lentils' signify the less noble types of good.
bebeu
A comida na Bíblia representa o desejo de bem, e a água e outras bebidas representam a compreensão e as verdadeiras idéias que precisamos para...
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