Serpiente
'The bite of a snake' or 'serpent,' as in Amos. 5:19, signifies falsification of the Word, from the interior dominion of falsity from evil.
campo
When we have a desire to be good people and to do good things, the natural first questions are "What does that mean?" "What should...
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...
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 -...
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...
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...
árbol
'Trees,' in general, signify the perceptions when discussing the celestial self, but when related to the spiritual church, they signify knowledges. A person in the...
huerto
Plants, in general, represent knowledge, ideas and intellectual concepts – things of the mind. Plant the best and most beautiful of those in one place,...
fruto
We tend to think of "fruit" in two ways in natural language. One is as food that grows on trees and vines, sweet and delicious,...
Medio
The "midst" of something in the Bible represents the thing that is most central and most important to the spiritual state being described, the motivation...
sabe
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
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...
ojos
It’s common to say “I see” when we understand something. And indeed, “seeing” in the Bible represents grasping and understanding spiritual things. So it makes...
Dioses
El Señor es el amor mismo, expresado en la forma de la sabiduría misma. El amor, entonces, es su esencia, su interior. La sabiduría -...
mal
'Wickedness' signifies evil, and 'iniquity' signifies falsities.
bueno
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...
comer
When we eat, our bodies break down the food and get from it both energy and materials for building and repairing the body. The process...
sabiduría
'To have intelligence, as in Revelation 13:18, signifies being in illumination from the Lord.
comió
When we eat, our bodies break down the food and get from it both energy and materials for building and repairing the body. The process...
marido
In general, men are driven by intellect and women by affections, and because of this men in the Bible generally represent knowledge and truth and...
Hojas
'Leaves' symbolize rational truths because a tree symbolizes a person, and every part of the tree symbolizes accordant elements in the person.
hojas de higuera
'Leaves' symbolize rational truths because a tree symbolizes a person, and every part of the tree symbolizes accordant elements in the person.
higuera
The Writings tell us that the fig tree represents the "natural human," which is our outward life in the world, and the thoughts and feelings...
delantales
In a sense, the whole point of trying to accept the Lord and align ourselves with His love and His leading is so that we...
voz
'Voice' signifies what is announced from the Word. 'Voice' often refers and is applied to things that cannot have a voice, as in Exodus 4,...
aire
El "aire" en la Biblia representa el pensamiento, pero de una manera muy general - más como nuestra capacidad de percibir ideas y la forma...
aire del día
El "aire" en la Biblia representa el pensamiento, pero de una manera muy general - más como nuestra capacidad de percibir ideas y la forma...
Miedo
The fearful signify people who have no faith.
comido
When we eat, our bodies break down the food and get from it both energy and materials for building and repairing the body. The process...
animales
"Beasts" represent the affection for doing good things, a true desire to do them from the heart. In the negative sense, "beasts" stand for the...
Polvo
'Powder' or 'dust' refers to love of self and the world.
vida
'Lives' is used in the plural, because of the will and understanding, and because these two lives make one.
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...
cabeza
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....
Dolor
'The woman condemned to 'bring forth sons in sorrow' denotes the anxieties and combats in the production of truths.
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....
Hierba
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...
pan
The word “bread” is used two ways in the Bible. In some cases it means actual bread; in others it stands for food in general....
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...
madre
In general, mothers in the Bible represent the Lord's church on earth, or the church among those who know and follow the Lord. In some...
Pieles
'Skin' corresponds to truth or to falsity in the extremes. See Arcana Coelestia 1835, 10036, and Apocalypse Explained 386. 'Skin,' as in Job 19:26, means...
uno
A company might have executives setting policy and strategy, engineers designing products, line workers building them, managers handling personnel and others handling various functions. They...
mano
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
Siempre
In many cases, the use of “eternity” in the Bible is pretty literal, simple meaning forever. This is especially true when the text is referring...
Edén
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,...
querubines
A Cherub has as its first definition in the dictionary, “A winged heavenly creature.” Cherubim is the plural of cherub. In the Word, the words...
espada
A 'sword,' in the Word, signifies the truth of faith combating and the vastation of truth. In an opposite sense, it signifies falsity combating and...
Camino
These days we tend to think of "roads" as smooth swaths of pavement, and judge them by how fast we can drive cars on them....
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