nombres
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...
hijos
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....
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...
Egipto
En la Biblia, Egipto significa conocimiento y amor al conocimiento. En un buen sentido eso significa conocimiento de la verdad del Señor a través de...
Jacob
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...
Rubén
'Reuben,' in the highest sense, signifies omniscience. In a spiritual sense, he signifies wisdom, intelligence, science, and faith. In a natural sense, he signifies sight....
Simeón
In Revelation 7, 'Simeon', in the highest sense, signifies providence, in a spiritual sense, love towards our neighbor, or charity, and in a natural sense,...
leví
'Levi' signifies truth in practice, which is the good of life. 'Levi,' in the highest sense, signifies love and mercy, in a spiritual sense, he...
Judá
City of Judah,' as in Isaiah 40:9, signifies the doctrine of love towards the Lord and love towards our neighbor in its whole extent.
Issachâr
Issachar,' in the highest sense, signifies the divine good of truth, and truth of good. In a spiritual sense, he signifies celestial conjugial love, which...
Benjamín
Also, Benjamin signifies the Word in its ultimate sense (Deut. 33:12)
Dan
The tribe of Dan (Jer. 8:16) signifies truth in its own ultimate degree of order, here truth in the church, which is contained in the...
Gad
Gad, in a supreme sense, signifies omnipotence; in a spiritual sense, the good of life, or use; and in a natural sense, works. Gad, in...
almas
The nature of the soul is a deep and complicated topic, but it can be summarized as "spiritual life," who we are in terms of...
muslo
In Revelation 19:16, 'the Lord’s thigh' signifies the Word regarding its divine good. 'The thigh and loins' signify conjugial love, and because this is the...
José
Joseph, Jacob’s eleventh son, is one of the favorite characters in the Bible, with his troubles, his triumphs over them, and his constant trust in...
murió
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
hermanos
Hay dos formas de utilizar "hermano" en la Biblia, formas que todavía se reflejan en el lenguaje moderno. Una denota una relación sanguínea real; la...
generación
Generar" algo es crearlo, y esa idea sustenta el significado de una "generación" de personas: es un grupo que fue creado conjuntamente, más o menos...
la tierra
"Tierra" en la Biblia puede significar una persona o un grupo de personas con ideas afines como en una iglesia. Pero se refiere específicamente a...
Tierra
¿Hay alguna diferencia de significado entre "tierra" y "suelo"? En principio no lo parece; ambos se refieren al suelo que compone la masa terrestre del...
Rey
La mente humana se compone de dos partes, una voluntad y un entendimiento, sede de los amores y afectos, y una sede de la sabiduría...
guerra
La guerra en la palabra representa el combate de la tentación cuando lo que es bueno es asaltado por lo que es malo o falso....
nosotros
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,...
Faraón
'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...
Ciudades
In the ancient world cities were very nearly nations unto themselves – they existed within walls, with their own laws and customs, generally centered on...
Egipcios
En la Biblia, Egipto significa conocimiento y amor al conocimiento. En un buen sentido eso significa conocimiento de la verdad del Señor a través de...
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...
vida
'Lives' is used in the plural, because of the will and understanding, and because these two lives make one.
servidumbre
'Servitude' relates to the regenerate, or to the external self submissive to the internal. This is not felt as servitude, because it is from submission...
campo
Un "campo" en la Biblia suele representar la iglesia del Señor, y más concretamente el deseo de hacer el bien dentro de la iglesia. Es...
Servicio
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...
habló
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
Hijo
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....
hija
"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...
Dios
El Señor es el amor mismo, expresado en la forma de la sabiduría misma. El amor, entonces, es su esencia, su interior. La sabiduría -...
Partera
'A midwife,' as in Genesis 26, signifies the natural level. Midwives,' as in Exodus 1:15-21, signify receptions of truth in the natural principle.
mujeres
The word "woman" is used a number of different ways in the Bible – as a simple description, as someone connected to a man ("his...
temido
El miedo a lo desconocido y el miedo al cambio son ideas comunes, y juntas cubren un amplio espectro de los miedos que tendemos a...
casas
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
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