以色列的
'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...
以法蓮
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...
法
All laws, even civil and judicial laws, which are in the Word, correspond to the laws of good and truth, which are in heaven.
撒瑪利亞
'Samaria,' as in Amos 4:1. 6:1, signifies the spiritual church perverted.
罪惡
In the Word three terms are used to mean bad things that are done. These three are transgression, iniquity, and sin, and they are here...
來
Coming (Gen. 41:14) denotes communication by influx.
記得
'To remember,' as in Genesis 41:9, signifies conjunction. 'Remembering' denotes conjunction because the remembrance of anyone in the other life joins them together, because as...
王
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...
烤
In a broad sense, there are two things we get from our food. One is energy, in the form of carbohydrates and fats. The other...
發酵
Ferment, as in Hosea 7:4, and Luke 12:1, etc., signifies the falsity that comes from evil. See Leaven.
生病
'The sick,' as in Matthew 25:35, signify people in evil, and those who acknowledge that in themselves there is nothing but evil.
手
Scientists believe that one of the most crucial developments in the evolution of humans was bipedalism – walking on two legs. That left our hands...
心
The heart means love. A good heart means love to the Lord and to the neighbor while a hard or stony heart means the love...
火
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...
早晨
Morning comes with the rising of the sun, and the sun – which gives life to the earth with its warmth and light – represents...
吃
When we eat, our bodies break down the food and get from it both energy and materials for building and repairing the body. The process...
知道
Like so many common verbs, the meaning of "know" in the Bible is varied and dependent on context. And in some cases – when it...
耶和華
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...
神
The Lord is love itself, expressed in the form of wisdom itself. Love, then, is His essence, His inmost. Wisdom - the loving understanding of...
鴿子
A dove (Gen. 8.) signifies goodness and truth. A dove, as in Hosea 11:11, signifies rational good.
埃及
'Mizraim' signifies the same thing as Egypt.
網
To cast the net on the right side,' as in John 21:6, signifies teaching the good of life.
鳥
Fowl signify spiritual truth; a bird, natural truth; and a winged thing, sensual truth. Fowl signify intellectual things. Fowl signify thoughts, and all that creeps...
下
"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,"...
聽
Thanks to modern science, we now understand that hearing actually happens in the brain, not the ears. The ears collect vibrations in the air and...
懲罰
Punishment' is the consummation of evil, because after punishment, reformation succeeds. This is why it says in Deuteronomy 25:3, 'that no more than forty stripes...
救
The Lord from the essential divine, through the divine human, is the savior. The Lord became the savior by His spiritual temptations, or combats.
說
Like "say," the word "speak" refers to thoughts and feelings moving from our more internal spiritual levels to our more external ones – and ultimately...
床
A bed of ivory (Amos 6:4) are doctrines apparently from rational truths.
新酒
'Must' or 'new wine' denotes evil produced by false.
臂
Arms and feet (Daniel 10:6) signify the exterior things of the Word, which are its literal sense.
舌頭
'The tongue,' as an organ, signifies doctrine, but as speech, or language, it signifies religion. 'Tongue' signifies perception of truth with respect to speech, and...
頭
Captains and Rulers (Jer. 51:23) signifies principal evils and falsities. Captains and Rulers (Ezek 33:6) signifies principal truths. See Chief Captains.
