palabra
'Word,' as in Psalms 119:6-17, stands for doctrine in general. 'The Word,' as in Psalms 147:18, signifies divine good united with divine truth. 'Word,' as...
Jeremías
Jeremiah, in the Book of Jeremiah 1:1 and what follows, represents the Lord. (Arcana Coelestia 2838 [2]). In Jeremiah 13:7, he signifies the state of...
del señor
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...
señor
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...
Rey
The human mind is composed of two parts, a will and an understanding, a seat of loves and affections, and a seat of wisdom and...
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....
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,...
Babilonia
Babilonia fue una antigua ciudad construida sobre el río Éufrates en lo que hoy es el sur de Irak. Fue una vez la capital de...
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...
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 -...
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...
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....
manos
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
Caldeos
Chaldea was a land lying along the Euphrates river near its mouth, south of Babylon, part of what is now southern Iraq. It was a...
en medio de
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...
Medio
'Middle' denotes what is primary, principal, or inmost.
Ciudad
Cities of the mountain and cities of the plain (Jeremiah 33:13) signify doctrines of charity and faith.
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...
brazo
Arms and feet (Daniel 10:6) signify the exterior things of the Word, which are its literal sense.
ira
La ira es una emoción tan común en la gente que no requiere definición. Sin embargo, se pueden plantear un par de puntos de interés....
Pestilencia
'Pestilence' denotes the vastation of good and truth.
después
Según Swedenborg, el tiempo y el espacio no existen en la realidad espiritual; son cosas puramente naturales que sólo existen en el plano físico. Esto...
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.
pueblo
In the ancient world cities were very nearly nations unto themselves – they existed within walls, with their own laws and customs, generally centered on...
Cuchillo
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...
Enemigos
An enemy in the Bible refers to people who are in the love of evil and the false thinking that springs from evil. On a...
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...
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
'To set a way,' as in Genesis 30:36, signifies being separated.
vida
'Lives' is used in the plural, because of the will and understanding, and because these two lives make one.
alma
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...
mal
'Wickedness' signifies evil, and 'iniquity' signifies falsities.
dice
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...
fuego
Just as natural fire can be both comforting in keeping you warm or scary in burning down your house, so fire in the spiritual sense...
casa
A "house" is essentially a container - for a person, for a family, for several families or even for a large group with shared interests...
David
David is one of the most significant figures in the Bible. He was a musician, one of history’s greatest poets, the boy warrior who killed...
Mañana
Morning comes with the rising of the sun, and the sun – which gives life to the earth with its warmth and light – represents...
Juicio
Judgement' pertains to the Lord's divine human and holy proceeding. Judgment' has two sides, a principle of good, and a principle of truth. The faithful...
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...
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,...
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