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...
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...
พระเจ้า
The Lord is called "Jehovah" in the Bible when the text is referring to his essence, which is love itself. He is called "God" when...
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...
ก่อน
In most cases, the meaning of "before" is pretty straightforward, both as a way of assessing relative time, and in its use meaning "in someone's...
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...
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...
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...
เยโฮวาห์
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...
เสอีร์
'Seir,' as in Genesis 33:14, signifies the conjunction of spiritual and celestial things in the natural level, that is, the truth of faith with the...
มา
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “come” in the Bible is highly dependent on context – its meaning is determined largely by...
ภูเขา
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...
ปาราน
'Paran' or 'Elparan' signifies a state of illumination from the Lord’s divine human.
ยก
Like many verbs, the spiritual meaning of "bearing" something depends greatly on context – what it is that's being borne, and why. It is further...
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,...
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,...
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...
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....
รูเบน
'Reuben,' in the highest sense, signifies omniscience. In a spiritual sense, he signifies wisdom, intelligence, science, and faith. In a natural sense, he signifies sight....
ตาย
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
ยูดาห์
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.
นำ
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “bring” is highly dependent on context, but in general it represents an introduction to a new...
มือ
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
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...
เมรีบาห์
'Meribah' signifies things pertaining to the spiritual church.
มารดา
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...
เห็น
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...
พี่น้อง
Brethren (Gen. 27:29) signify the affections of good.
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...
สอน
'Teachers' signify doctrine, or the doctrine of truth, and in the highest sense, divine truth.
คำตัดสิน
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...
แท่นบูชา
The first altar mentioned in the Word was built by Noah after he came out of the ark. On that altar, he sacrificed clean animals...
เอว
'Loins' in general, signify love, and when referring to the Lord, divine love. 'Loins' signify the interiors of conjugial love. Loins,' as in Isaiah 11:5,...
เกลียด
If you truly hate someone, that means you would kill them and destroy their reputation if you could do so without repercussion – not a...
ลุกขึ้น
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...
เบนยามิน
Also, Benjamin signifies the Word in its ultimate sense (Deut. 33:12)
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...
สวรรค์
"Heaven" and "heavens" are used many times in the Bible, with a couple of variations of meaning. Sometimes it is relatively literal, including times when...
น้ำค้าง
Dew, in Deut. 32:2 signifies the multiplication of truth from good, and the fructification of good by truth.
ดวงอาทิตย์
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...
ตลอดกาล
'Perpetual' in the literal sense, means to the end of one’s life, after death, and eternity.
พุ่มไม้
A bush (Exod. 3:2) signifies scientific truth.
เขา
'A horn,' when spoken of the Lord, signifies omnipotence. 'The little horn that rose up,' as mentioned in Daniel 7:3-8, signifies the full perversion of...
เอฟราอิ
Ephraim was the second son born to Joseph in Egypt and was, along with his older brother Manasseh, elevated by Jacob to the same status...
มนัสเสห์
'Manasseh' signifies the will of the spiritual church.
พัน
As children, most of us at some point frustrated our mothers into using the phrase “if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand...
อิสสาคาร์
Issachar,' in the highest sense, signifies the divine good of truth, and truth of good. In a spiritual sense, he signifies celestial conjugial love, which...
เต็นท์
'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...
ความชอบธรรม
The word "righteous" has taken on a bit of negative shading in modern language. That may be because we hear it most often as part...
ชอบธรรม
The word "righteous" has taken on a bit of negative shading in modern language. That may be because we hear it most often as part...
ดูด
To 'suck,' as in Isaiah 66:11, signifies influx from the Lord. To' suck the abundance of the sea' signifies imbibing truths of doctrine from the...
ทะเล
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,...
ทราย
'Sand,' as in Matthew 7:27, signifies faith separate from charity.
แขน
Arms and feet (Daniel 10:6) signify the exterior things of the Word, which are its literal sense.
เที่ยงธรรม
He is said to be 'just' in a spiritual sense, who lives according to divine laws. They on the right hand being called 'just,' as...
สิงโต
'A lion' signifies the good of celestial love and the truth from that good.
นัฟทาลี
'Naphtali' in a supreme sense, signifies the proper power of the Lord’s divine human. In a spiritual sense, he signifies temptation and victory and a...
ทางใต้
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...
เท้า
The foot, as in Deuteronomy 33:3, signifies an inferior principle. To set the right foot on the sea and the left on the earth, as...
น้ำมัน
Oil – typically olive oil – was an extremely important product in Biblical times, for food preparation, medicinal ointment and for burning in lamps. As...
เหล็ก
'Iron,' in Deuteronomy 8:9, signifies natural or rational truth. Iron' signifies natural truth, and consequently, the natural sense of the Word. At the same time,...
ทองสัมฤทธิ์
Brass and iron as in Isaiah 48:4 and Daniel 7:19 signify what is hard.
ท้องฟ้า
Heavens are celestial and spiritual things. Consequently, they are inmost things, both of the Lord's kingdom in heaven the and in the earth. This also...
นิรันดร
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...
ศัตรู
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...
ตรัสว่า
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...
โล่
'A shield' signifies defense which is trusted against evils and falsities. In respect to the Lord, it signifies defense, and in respect to people, confidence...
ดาบ
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...
สูง
'Height' signifies what is inward, and also heaven.
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