มา
Coming (Gen. 41:14) denotes communication by influx.
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...
ดู
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...
ข้าวสาลี
As the finest of the grains, wheat fittingly represents the finest of spiritual food, what Swedenborg calls "the good of love and charity" – which...
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...
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...
พ่อ
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...
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...
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...
น้องสาว
The Lord calls people who are in truth from the good of charity from Him 'sisters,' as in Matthew 12:50. 'Sister' denotes intellectual truth, when...
รับ
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...
จับ
"Catching" is used in a variety of ways in the Bible, both positive and negative. Thieves get caught; the Egyptians caught up with the Children...
สุนัขจิ้งจอก
If man closes up the middle natural degree, which corresponds to the middle spiritual, he becomes, with respect to love, like a fox, and with...
จิ้งจอก
If man closes up the middle natural degree, which corresponds to the middle spiritual, he becomes, with respect to love, like a fox, and with...
สาม
The Writings talk about many aspects of life using the philosophical terms "end," "cause" and "effect." The "end" is someone’s goal or purpose, the ultimate...
ร้อย
It's a landmark for a young child to count to 100; it sort of covers all the "ordinary" numbers. One hundred is obviously significant for...
หาง
'Tail' signifies the opposite extreme of the head, because the brain is continued to the tail through the spine, This is why the head and...
ไฟ
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...
มะกอก
'An olive,' as in Isaiah 17:6, signifies celestial remains. 'An olive' signifies love and charity, because 'the olive tree' signifies the celestial church, and so...
เผา
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...
แก้แค้น
'To be avenged seventy and seven fold' denotes damnation.
ขา
In Revelation 19:16, 'the Lord’s thigh' signifies the Word regarding its divine good. 'The thigh and loins' signify conjugial love, and because this is the...
อาศัยอยู่
Inhabitants,' in Isaiah 26:9, signify the men of the church who are in good of doctrine, and thence in the good of life.
ตั้งค่าย
'Pitch,' as in Genesis 14:10, denotes lusts. 'Burning pitch,' as in Isaiah 34:9, signifies direful fantasies.
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.
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,...
มัด
Being bound, as in Genesis 42:16, denotes to be separated, for he who is kept b. is separated, viz., from the spiritual good, which is...
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...
ลง
"Down" is used many different ways in natural language, and its spiritual meaning in the Bible is highly dependent on context. Phrases like "bowing down,"...
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...
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...
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...
ปฏิญาณ
'To sware' is a binding.
สอง
The number "two" has two different meanings in the Bible. In most cases "two" indicates a joining together or unification. This is easy to see...
มาพบ
In natural language, to "meet" someone can be positive or negative: it can be a welcoming and greeting, or it can be "meeting" them in...
พบ
In natural language, to "meet" someone can be positive or negative: it can be a welcoming and greeting, or it can be "meeting" them in...
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...
แขน
Arms and feet (Daniel 10:6) signify the exterior things of the Word, which are its literal sense.
ลา
Donkeys signify the things relating to the self-intelligence of the sensual man; and camels, the things of self-intelligence in the natural man (Isa 30:6, 7.)
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...
กระหาย
Food in the Bible generally relates to the desire for good, and drink generally relates to ideas of what is true. It makes sense then,...
กระหายน้ำ
Food in the Bible generally relates to the desire for good, and drink generally relates to ideas of what is true. It makes sense then,...
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;...
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...
ผู้รับใช้
“Servant” literally means “a person who serves another,"" and its meaning is similar in reference to the spiritual meaninngs of the Bible. Our lives in...
ตาย
Dead (Gen. 23:8) signifies night, in respect to the goodnesses and truths of faith.
ตก
Like other common verbs, the meaning of "fall" is highly dependent on context in regular language, and is highly dependent on context in a spiritual...
เข้าสุหนัต
'The uncircumcised,' as in Ezekiel 31:18, signifies people lacking the good of charity.
พระเจ้า
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...
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...
เปิด
To open,' as in Revelation 9, signifies communication and conjunction.
น้ำ
Water was obviously of tremendous importance in Biblical times (and every other time). It is the basis of life, the essential ingredient in all drinks,...
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...
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...
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...
ยี่สิบ
'Twenty,' when referring to a quantity, signifies everything, or fullness, because it is ten twice. In Genesis 18:31, 'twenty', like all numbers occurring in the...
