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 or chieftain. Others are what we now call city-states, with surrounding farm areas. In almost all cases these countries were far smaller than our modern idea of countries, though Egypt and Assyria would be exceptions. Sometimes the word is used to refer to countryside, a wide area with no consideration of boundaries as when the twelve Israelites were sent to spy out the country.

(参照: Arcana Coelestia 3816 [3], 6818, 6820, 6821; Charity 83, 85; True Christian Religion 305)

219. Wine. When the context concerns the Lord, "wine" means divine truth emanating from his divine goodness, as does "blood": 1071, 1798, 6377. Wine in a general sense means good actions that come from caring: 6377. "New wine" means truth in the earthly self that grows out of goodness: 3580. Wine was called "the blood of grapes": 6378. A vineyard means the church in respect to the truth it has: 3220, 9139. The drink offering in sacrificial rituals, which was wine, meant spiritual goodness, which is holy truth: 10137. The Lord alone is holy, so everything that is holy comes from him: 9229, 9680, 10359, 10360. The divine truth that emanates from the Lord is what is called "holy" in the Word: 6788, 8302, 9229, 9820, 10361.