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...
Mediodía
In the Word, 'the south' or 'midday' means a state of light, which is a state of intelligence produced by truths, thus also an interior...
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...
Camino
'To set a way,' as in Genesis 30:36, signifies being separated.
voto
In Genesis 28:20, 'he vowed a vow' denotes, in the internal sense, willing that the Lord will provide. In the highest sense, where the Lord...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Escuchó
'To hearken to father and mother,' as mentioned in Genesis 28:7, signifies obedience from affection. 'To hearken,' as mentioned in Genesis 30:22, signifies providence. See...
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...
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...
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...
monte
The Writings tell us that the Lord's love is the sun of heaven, and it is natural for us to look above ourselves to the...
mar
Water generally represents what Swedenborg calls “natural truth,” or true concepts about day-to-day matters and physical things. Since all water ultimately flows into the seas,...
bermejo
Flags, as in Exodus 2:3, signify scientific falsities.
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...
Edom
'Edom' or 'Idumea,' as in Isaiah 34:5, signifies those who are in evil and in falsities thence derived.
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...
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...
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 -...
Moisés
Moses's name appears 814 times in the Bible (KJV), third-most of any one character (Jesus at 961 actually trails David at 991). He himself wrote...
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...
Desierto
'Wilderness' signifies something with little life in it, as described in the internal sense in Luke 1:80 'Wilderness' signifies somewhere there is no good because...
pan
La palabra "pan" se utiliza de dos maneras en la Biblia. En algunos casos se refiere al pan propiamente dicho; en otros, al alimento en...
agua
'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...
serpientes
Serpents in the Bible represent reasoning that is based on what we know through our senses. This is the lowest and most outward mode of...
murió
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
mucho
Intellectual things – ideas, knowledge, facts, even insight and understanding – are more separate and free-standing than emotional things, and it’s easier to imagine numbering...
vino
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “come” in the Bible is highly dependent on context – its meaning is determined largely by...
hablado
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
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,...
bandera
'A sign' is mentioned in the Word in reference to the future, which constitutes revelation. This also refers to truth, when it constitutes testification. It...
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.
metal
Brass and iron as in Isaiah 48:4 and Daniel 7:19 signify what is hard.
hijos
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...
Moab
'Moab,' in a positive sense, signifies people who are in natural good, and allow themselves to be easily seduced, but in an opposite sense, it...
sol
The 'sun' signifies celestial and spiritual love. The 'sun' in the Word, when referring to the Lord, signifies His divine love and wisdom. Because the...
arroyo
A 'stream' signifies aspects of intelligence.
lado
'Side' signifies good or spiritual love.
término
A menudo traducido como "borde", "frontera", "límite", "periferia", "lugares lejanos" y de otras maneras, este término se utiliza en la Biblia para designar lo más...
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...
libro
(Rev. 10:9.) "And I went unto the angel, saying, give me the little book," signifies the faculty of perceiving the quality of the Word from...
batallas
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....
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...
corriente
A 'stream' signifies aspects of intelligence.
ar
Ar, mentioned in Deuteronomy 2:17, signifies good not as yet defiled with falsities.
Pozo
A pit,' or 'well which has no water,' as in Jeremiah 2:13, signifies doctrines which have no truths.
canción
'A song' signifies acknowledgment and confession from joy of heart.
príncipes
Captains and Rulers (Jer. 51:23) signifies principal evils and falsities. Captains and Rulers (Ezek 33:6) signifies principal truths. See Chief Captains.
Legislador
'A lawgiver,' as in Numbers 21:18, signifies the Lord.
campos
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...
viñas
A vineyard signifies the church where the Word is, by which the Lord is known. (Apocalypse Revealed 650)
las 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...
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...
pozos
'A well,' as in Numbers 21:17-18, signifies the Word of the ancient church. 'A well,' or 'pit,' as in Luke 14:5, signifies falsity and the...
Pasar
'To pass,' as in Genesis 31:52, signifies flowing in. 'To pass the night,' as in Genesis 24:54, signifies having peace. 'To pass through,' as in...
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...
amón
The children of Ammon ('Jeremiah 49:1'), signify those who falsify the truths of the Word, and of the church.
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...
Hesbón
'Heshbon,' as mentioned in Jeremiah 49:3, signifies the fructification of truth in the natural self.
Ciudad
Cities of the mountain and cities of the plain (Jeremiah 33:13) signify doctrines of charity and faith.
fuego
El fuego, en el sentido espiritual, puede significar tanto el amor como el odio dependiendo del contexto, al igual que el fuego natural puede ser...
Hijas
"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...
cautividad
Captivity and spoil (Daniel 11:33) signifies the deprivation of every truth and good.
Jazer
'Jaser' signifies false principles.
Miedo
Fear has various significations according to the thing which causes it. Fear signifies love. Fear, as in Gen 28:17, signifies a holy change.
dado
Like other common verbs, the meaning of "give" in the Bible is affected by context: who is giving what to whom? In general, though, giving...
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