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
"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...
Abraham
Abraham (o Abram, como se le llama al principio de su historia) es uno de los principales personajes de la historia de las sagradas escrituras....
Isaac
'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...
Abimelech
Abimelech, his companion Ahusath, and Phicol, the chief captain of his army (Genesis 26:26), represent the doctrinals of faith as grounded in the literal sense...
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...
Filisteos
The Philistines play a large role in the Bible as one of the longest-standing and most bitter rivals of the people of Israel, clashing with...
Gerar
Gerar, as in Genesis 10:19, signifies those things which are revealed concerning faith.
Jehová
The Bible refers to the Lord in many different ways, which from the text seem indistinguishable and interchangeable. Understood in the internal sense, though, there...
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...
simiente
'A seed' signifies love, and everyone who has love, as in Genesis 12:7. 8:15, 16. 'A seed' signifies faith grounded in charity. 'A seed' signifies...
Tierras
'Lands' of different nations are used in the Word to signify the different kinds of love prevalent in the inhabitants.
juramento
'To sware' is a binding.
padre
Padre en la Palabra significa lo más interior, y en las cosas que siguen el orden del Señor, significa lo que es bueno. En el...
estrellas
'Stars' signify the knowledge of truth and good. 'Stars' are frequently mentioned in the Word, and always signify goods and truths, but in an opposite...
del cielo
El "aire" en la Biblia representa el pensamiento, pero de una manera muy general - más como nuestra capacidad de percibir ideas y la forma...
cielo
Los cielos son cosas celestiales y espirituales. Por consiguiente, son cosas íntimas, tanto del reino del Señor en el cielo como en la tierra. Esto...
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...
estatutos
All laws, even civil and judicial laws, which are in the Word, correspond to the laws of good and truth, which are in heaven.
Leyes
All laws, even civil and judicial laws, which are in the Word, correspond to the laws of good and truth, which are in heaven.
habitó
Muchos pueblos eran nómadas en los tiempos bíblicos, especialmente en los del Antiguo Testamento, y vivían en tiendas que podían ser golpeadas, trasladadas y levantadas...
mujer
The Hebrew of the Old Testament has six different common words which are generally translated as "wife," which largely overlap but have different nuances. Swedenborg...
hermana
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...
Miedo
The fearful signify people who have no faith.
decir
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...
dijo
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...
rebeca
'Rebecca,' as in Genesis 24, signifies divine truth which would be joined to divine good of the Lord’s rational mind, which is 'Isaac.'
ventana
'Window' signifies truth in the light.
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,...
hombre
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
Vacas
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,...
pozos
In Genesis 21, 'wells' signify doctrines, both those disputed and not disputed. Without this significance digging wells and disputing about them would have been too...
Poderoso
'Might' denotes the forces or power of truth.
agua
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,...
Muerto
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
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...
llamado
Llamar a alguien o convocar a alguien en la Biblia representa un deseo de conjunción entre estados de vida superiores e inferiores. Por ejemplo, imagina...
siervos
“Servant” literally means “a person who serves another,"" and its meaning is similar in reference to the spiritual meaninngs of the Bible. Our lives in...
de isaac
'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...
Valle
Mountains in the Bible represent people's highest points, where we are closest to the Lord - our love of the Lord and the state of...
Pozo
A pit,' or 'well which has no water,' as in Jeremiah 2:13, signifies doctrines which have no truths.
aguas
'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities. 'Waters' signify particularly the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual...
pastores
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...
nombre
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...
Sitnah
'Sitnah,' as in Genesis 26:21, in the original language, means 'aversion,' and which in this case means a denial of the internal sense of the...
Rehoboth
'Rehoboth,' as in Genesis 10:11, signifies false doctrines coming from the illusions of the senses, or ignorance, with a predominating desire for innovation or superiority.
Noche
The sun in the Bible represents the Lord, with its heat representing His love and its light representing His wisdom. “Daytime,” then, represents a state...
Dios
El Señor se llama "Jehová" en la Biblia cuando el texto se refiere a su esencia, que es el amor mismo. Se le llama "Dios"...
siervo
“Servant” literally means “a person who serves another,"" and its meaning is similar in reference to the spiritual meaninngs of the Bible. Our lives in...
altar
El primer altar mencionado en la Palabra fue construido por Noé después de salir del arca. En ese altar, sacrificó animales limpios al Señor. Las...
Tienda
'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...
capitán
Captains and Rulers (Jer. 51:23) signifies principal evils and falsities. Captains and Rulers (Ezek 33:6) signifies principal truths. See Chief Captains.
Ejército
A host and an army come from the same Hebrew word and mean the same thing in Bible; when the Children of Israel were numbered...
visto
To look,' as in Genesis 18:22, signifies thinking, because seeing denotes understanding. Look not back behind thee,' as in Genesis 19:17, means that Lot, who...
mal
'Wickedness' signifies evil, and 'iniquity' signifies falsities.
tocado
Imagine having your mother touch your cheek. Then imagine having your spouse or someone you love romantically touch your cheek. Then imagine having a baby...
bendito
El Señor es el amor perfecto expresado como la sabiduría perfecta. Él nos creó para poder amarnos, para darnos amor y sabiduría propia, y así...
banquete
En la Biblia se mencionan dos tipos de fiestas. Algunas se celebraban para conmemorar acontecimientos específicos y puntuales, como la fiesta que hizo Abraham para...
se levantaron
It is common in the Bible for people to "rise up," and it would be easy to pass over the phrase as simply describing a...
Día
"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...
Ciudad
In the ancient world cities were very nearly nations unto themselves – they existed within walls, with their own laws and customs, generally centered on...
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.
cuarenta
'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...
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...
hetheo
'A Hittite' in a good sense, signifies the spiritual church, or the truth of the church. The Hittites were among the upright Gentiles who were...
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