mulher
'Women,' as in Genesis 45:19, signify the affections of truth. But in Genesis 31:50, 'women' signify affections of not genuine truth, so not of the...
caim
'Cain' signifies the doctrine of faith separated from love. See Arcana Coelestia 338 and the sections that follow it.
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...
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...
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...
abel
Abel signifies charity or love, in Genesis 4:2. (Divine Providence 242, Arcana Coelestia 325, and Arcana Coelestia 341). Abel signifies celestial love, which is loving...
Pastor
The Writings tell us that shepherds represent those who lead and teach others, using knowledge and true ideas to help people reach the goodness of...
lavrador
'A husbandman,' as mentioned in Amos 5:16, signifies the man of the church, because 'field' signifies the church regarding the implantation of truth. 'A husbandman,'...
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...
oferta
It was customary in the representative Ancient Church, and later in the Jewish Church, when people went to the judges, and at a later time,...
gordura
Fat signifies the celestial principle. Fat things, full of marrow, signify goodnesses. Fat and blood signify interior goods and truths, and hence the Israelites, prior...
pecado
In the Word three terms are used to mean bad things that are done. These three are transgression, iniquity, and sin, and they are here...
Porta
Em um sentido geral, as portas na Bíblia representam os desejos iniciais pelo bem e conceitos de verdade que introduzem as pessoas em novos níveis...
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...
matou
'To slay a man to his wounding,' means extinguishing faith, and 'to slay a young man to his hurt,' signifies extinguishing charity, as in Genesis...
voz
When the Lord speaks through the heaven, it descends into the lower spheres and is heard as thunder. As He speaks through the whole of...
sangue
O significado interno de "sangue" é um pouco complicado, porque o Swedenborg dá dois significados que parecem bastante diferentes. Na maioria dos casos, o Swedenborg...
boca
In most cases, "mouth" in the Bible represents thought and logic, especially the kind of active, concrete thought that is connected with speech. The reason...
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...
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...
vagabundo
'To be a vagabond' is to have no knowledge of truth and good.
maior
The word "great" is used in the Bible to represent a state with a strong degree of love and affection, of the desire for good;...
Punição
Punishment' is the consummation of evil, because after punishment, reformation succeeds. This is why it says in Deuteronomy 25:3, 'that no more than forty stripes...
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...
escondido
'To hide themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains,' as mentioned in Revelation 6:15, signifies being in evils and in falsities...
encontrar
Finding, or being found, can have different meanings in the Word, depending on the context. Here are two examples, From Arcana Coelestia 5756, 'Behold, the...
Vingança
'To be avenged seventy and seven fold' denotes damnation.
habitou
Muitas pessoas eram nômades nos tempos bíblicos, especialmente nos tempos do Antigo Testamento, e viviam em tendas que podiam ser atingidas, movidas e erguidas de...
Éden
According to the Writings, “Eden” by itself means love, in most cases the love that comes from the Lord and our love for the Lord,...
Enoque
Enoch (Gen. 5:18) signifies the seventh church from Adam, and which consisted of those who had framed doctrines out of the things which had been...
cidade
In the ancient world cities were very nearly nations unto themselves – they existed within walls, with their own laws and customs, generally centered on...
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...
filho
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...
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...
mulheres
'Women,' as in Genesis 45:19, signify the affections of truth. But in Genesis 31:50, 'women' signify affections of not genuine truth, so not of the...
Ada
Adah, Lamech's wife, (Genesis 4:9), represents the mother of the celestial things of faith.
Zila
Zillah, mencionada em Gênesis 4:19, 22era uma de duas esposas de Lamech. Ela tinha dois filhos, um filho, Tubal-Cain, e uma filha, Naamah. "Lamech, o...
Jabal
'Jabal, the father of people who dwell in tents, and of cattle,' as in Genesis 4:20, signifies doctrine concerning the holy things of love, and...
pai
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...
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...
gado
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,...
Jubal
'Jubal,' as in Genesis 4:21, signifies the doctrine of spiritual things in the new church which succeeded Lamech. Being 'the father of the harp and...
ferro
Brass and iron as in Isaiah 48:4 and Daniel 7:19 signify what is hard.
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...
Naama
Naamah, the sister of Tubal-Cain,' as in Genesis 4:22, signifies a new church of the doctrine of natural good, and truth from that church.
vingado
'To be avenged seventy and seven fold' denotes damnation.
sete vezes
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,...
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,...
setenta e sete vezes
'To be avenged seventy and seven fold' denotes damnation.
Adão
Adão é uma das figuras mais cruciais e controversas da Bíblia, dividindo até mesmo os fiéis em campos: aqueles que acreditam que ele literalmente existiu,...
conhecer
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
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 -...
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