'Waters' particularly signify the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual aspects of faith, and also their opposites.

'The waters above the firmament,' as in Genesis 1:7, signify the knowledges in the internal self, and 'the waters beneath the firmament' signify the knowledges of the external self.

'Waters,' as in Ezekiel 47:9, refer to the New Jerusalem, and they signify spiritual things from a celestial origin.

'Many waters,' as in Revelation 17:1, signify truths of the Word adulterated. 'Waters' or 'rivers' signify spiritual, rational, or scientific things pertaining to truth.

'Waters … that go softly,' as in Isaiah 8:6-7, signify spiritual things, and 'waters … strong and many,' signify falsities.

'Waters,' as in Psalms 104:3, signify divine truths.

'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities.

'The waters were dried up from off the earth,' as in Genesis 8:7, signifies the apparent dissipation of falsities.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 17; Apocalypse Revealed 50; Genesis 8)

770. “挪亚的妻子” 表教会本身, 与他们一起的 “他的三个儿媳” 表衍生的众教会本身. 这一点从前面所述清楚可知, 也就是说, 当教会成员被提及名字时, 就表示教会的全部, 或如它被称谓的, 是教会之首. 在这种情况下, “妻子” 就是教会, 如前所述 (252, 253节). 当圣言中提及 “男人与妻子”, 或 “一公一母” 时, 情况则不同. 在这种情况下, “男人” 和 “公” 表觉知之物, 也就是信之真理, 而 “妻子” 和 “母” 表意愿之物, 也就是信之良善.