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'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...
พระ
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...
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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...
บัญชา
To command is to give an order that something must be done, and is directed to an individual, or a group. It is an imperative,...
โมเสส
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...
อิสราเอล
'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...
โมอับ
'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...
กล่าว
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...
เห็น
The symbolic meaning of "seeing" is "understanding," which is obvious enough that it has become part of common language (think about it; you might see...
ตา
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...
อียิปต์
Egyptians represent those who are in natural science, thus the natural, but the Hebrews, those who are of the church, thus respectively the spiritual. The...
ฟาโรห์
'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...
ประเทศ
Generally in the Bible a "country" means a political subdivision ruled by a king, or sometimes a tribe with a territory ruled by a king...
ยิ่งใหญ่
The word "great" is used in the Bible to represent a state with a strong degree of love and affection, of the desire for good;...
วัน
"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...
ประทาน
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...
ให้
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...
นำ
The meaning of "leading" people in the Bible is pretty straightforward, though obviously it is about leading people in spiritual things, not natural ones. When...
สี่สิบ
'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...
เสื้อผ้า
Soft raiment,' as in Matthew 11:9, represents the internal sense of the Word.
รองเท้า
In the Word, 'the sole of the foot' and 'the heel' signifies the ultimate natural. 'The shoe' is what clothes the sole of the foot...
เท้า
Our feet are the lowest and most utilitarian parts of our bodies, and in the Bible they represent the lowest and most utilitarian part of...
เจ้า
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...
ขนมปัง
Just as natural food feeds the natural body, so spiritual food feeds the spiritual body. And since our spiritual body is the expression of what...
ดื่ม
To be drunken without wine (Isa. 29:9), are they who are unconcerned about the Word, and the truths of faith, and thus have no inclination...
รู้
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
รู้ว่า
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
พระเจ้า
When the Bible speaks of "Jehovah," it is representing love itself, the inmost love that is the essence of the Lord. That divine love is...
มา
Coming (Gen. 41:14) denotes communication by influx.
กษัตริย์
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...
เฮชโบน
'Heshbon,' as mentioned in Jeremiah 49:3, signifies the fructification of truth in the natural self.
สงคราม
War in the Word represents the combat of temptation when what is good is assaulted by what is evil or false. The evil that attacks...
เรา
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,...
มรดก
In Biblical times, possessions passed from fathers to sons, a patriarchal system that would not be accepted in today's society – but one that is...
ครึ่ง
Half and double in reference to numbers in the world have a similar signification as the numbers themselves.
ในวันนี้
The expression 'even to this day' or 'today' sometimes appears in the Word, as in Genesis 19:37-38, 22:14, 26:33, 32:32, 35:20, and 47:26. In a...
หัวหน้า
Elders are mentioned in the Bible mainly in two ways: First the elders of Israel: and second the 24 elders seated about the throne of...
หัว
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....
เจ้าหน้าที่
'Officer' denotes doctrines or principles of interpretation.
ผู้ชาย
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
ชาย
The relationship between men and women is deep and nuanced, and one entire book of the Writings – Conjugial Love or Love in Marriage –...
ภรรยา
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...
คนต่างด้าว
The word "stranger" is used many times in the Bible, and it is sometimes paired with the word "sojourner". They are different concepts in the...
ค่าย
Camps in the Bible represent spiritual order – a person’s (or a church community’s) whole collection of desires for good and true ideas on how...
น้ำ
'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...
ตรัส
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
ปฏิญาณ
'To sware' is a binding.
บรรพบุรุษ
Father in the Word means what is most interior, and in those things that are following the Lord's order, it means what is good. In...
อับราฮัม
Abraham (or Abram, as he is named in the beginning of his story) is one of the major characters in the story of the sacred...
ยืน
'To stay with,' as in Genesis 32:4, relates to the life of truth when accompanied by good, and in this instance, it means to take...
ยืนอยู่
'To stand,' and 'come forth' as in Daniel 7:10, refers to truth. In Genesis 24:13, it signifies a state of conjunction of divine truth with...
ทราบ
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
อาศัยอยู่
Many people were nomadic in Biblical times, especially the times of the Old Testament, and lived in tents that could be struck, moved and re-raised...
ผ่าน
'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...
ไม้
'Wood' signifies good, as well the good of love to the Lord as the good of charity towards our neighbor.
หิน
Stones in the Bible in general represent truths, or things we know concerning the Lord and what He wants from us and for us in...
เงิน
'Silver,' in the internal sense of the Word, signifies truth, but also falsity. 'Silver' means the truth of faith, or the truth acquired from selfhood,...
ทอง
'Money' relates to truth.
หญิง
The word "woman" is used a number of different ways in the Bible – as a simple description, as someone connected to a man ("his...
ครอบครัว
Families (Gen 8:19) signify goodnesses and truths arranged in man by the Lord, according to order. Families have respect to truths. (Nahum 3:4)
หัน
Swedenborg says that the Lord is the sun of heaven, and like the natural sun of our world shines on everyone, good or evil. What...
ราก
'A root,' as in Malachi 4:1, signifies charity. The dried up root,' as in Hosea 9:16, 17, signifies charity which could not bear fruit.
ได้ยิน
'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...
อวยพร
The Lord is perfect love expressed as perfect wisdom. He created us so that He could love us, could give us love and wisdom of...
พร
The Lord is perfect love expressed as perfect wisdom. He created us so that He could love us, could give us love and wisdom of...
เดิน
To walk in the Bible represents living, and usually means living according to the true things taught to us by the Lord -- to "walk...
เขียน
In John 8:2-11, the Lord wrote twice on the ground, when the woman taken in adultery was brought to him, which signifies the condemnation of...
หนังสือ
(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...
ชื่อ
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...
ใต้
Generally speaking things that are seen as lower physically in the Bible represent things that are lower or more external spiritually. In some cases this...
เกิด
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....
หลัง
Behind, or after, (Gen. 16:13), signifies within or above, or an interior or superior principle.
ภัยพิบัติ
'Plagues' signify evils of love, and falsities of faith. 'The plagues of Egypt' signify the falsities and lust which cause the church to perish. In...
โรค
'The sickness prior to death means a movement towards regeneration, so the next stage towards it. A person is by nature in a state of...
กำมะถัน
Brimstone (Isa. 34:9, etc.) signifies filthy lusts.
เกลือ
'Salt' is the desire of conjunction of truth with good, which is why only salt will conjoin water, which corresponds to truth, and oil, which...
ปลูก
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...
หญ้า
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...
คว่ำ
'Overturned' signifies punishing.
ความกริ้ว
'Wrath,' as in Genesis 49:7, signifies aversion from truth. 'Great wrath,' as in Revelation 12:12, signifies hatred against the new church.
กล่าวว่า
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...
พูด
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...
นมัสการ
To adore, in the Word, signifies to acknowledge and believe.
คำสาปแช่ง
The Lord is love itself, and his love for us never wavers and never changes. What does waver and change is the degree to which...
คำสาป
The Lord is love itself, and his love for us never wavers and never changes. What does waver and change is the degree to which...
สาปแช่ง
The Lord is love itself, and his love for us never wavers and never changes. What does waver and change is the degree to which...
แช่ง
The Lord is love itself, and his love for us never wavers and never changes. What does waver and change is the degree to which...
