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Words in Swedenborg
and Their Meanings in Modern English
by Rev. Frank Rose
(Q - Z)
QUARTER = region; point of the compass
QUASI (L.) = as if; seeming
QUINTESSENCE = purest essence (literally the 5th or
highest essence)
RAINBOW-STONE = precious crystal casting rainbows
(also transl. IRIS STONE)
RAPACIOUS = living on prey
RAPINE (n.) = plunder; preying upon
RATIOCINATION
= reasoning
RATIONAL (n.) = reasoning level of the mind;
reasoning ability; highest level of the conscious mind
RATIONAL GOOD = goodness on the rational level of the
mind
RATIONAL MAN = 1. reasoning part of a person; 2.
person who has developed
to the rational level
RATIONAL TRUTH = truth on the rational level of the
mind
GOOD IN THE RATIONAL = good qualities received on the
rational level of the mind
RAVISH = rape; seduce
READ = 1. read; 2. recite
REAGENT = reactive substance or person (opp. of AGENT)
REAL THINGS = things that have a spiritual (not a
physical) reality
RECOMPENSE (n.) = reward; payment
RECTIFIED = refined; purified
RECTITUDE = uprightness
RED HORSE = ginger colored horse; sorrel
REDEEM = buy back; save from hell
REDEMPTION = the process of being saved; being
"bought back" from being
slaves to evil
REDOUND = 1. flow back; run back; 2. overflow
REFORMED (adj.) = Protestant (particularly Calvinist)
THE REFORMED CHRISTIAN WORLD = the Protestant world
THE REFORMED = the Protestant Churches; Protestants
(especially Calvinists)
REFULGENT = shining; gleaming
REGENERATE = spiritually renew; recreate; transform
THE REGENERATE = regenerated people; people who have
been spiritually
reborn
REGENERATION = lifelong process of being spiritually
reborn
REGNANT = ruling; controlling; dominant
REIGNING LOVE = the strongest love in a person that
dominates his life; the dominant love (usually transl. THE RULING LOVE)
REINS = kidneys
RELEGATE = banish
RELIGIOSITY = external or superstitious belief system;
some sort of religion
RELUCTATION = resistance
REMAINS = loves and thoughts that are deeply impressed
on the inner part of a person and "remain" with him (the most
significant of these are acquired in infancy, also transl. REMNANTS)
REMAINS OF GOOD = deep affectional impressions that
stay with a person
REMAINS OF TRUTH = deep intellectual impressions that
stay with a person
REMIT = release from guilt; forgive
REMISSION OF SINS = forgiveness of sins
REMNANTS (see REMAINS above)
REPARATION = restoration; renewal
REPEATED MARRIAGE = remarriage
REPRESENT = portray; exhibit; set forth
REPRESENTATIVES = things or people that represent
something spiritual
REPRESENTATIVE CHURCH = 1. church that has rituals and
buildings that
represent heavenly things; 2. the Israelitish and
Jewish churches with their
representative laws, rituals and buildings
REPRESENTATIVE SENSE = meaning of Scriptures as they
describe the
spiritual development of the church
REPUGNANCE = aversion; dislike
REPUTE (v.) = regard; consider
RESPLENDENCE = splendor
RESPIRE = breathe
RESUSCITATE = raise from death into spiritual life
RESULTANT (n.) = outcome; resulting effect
RETINUE = escort; convoy
RHOMB = rhombus; equilateral parallelogram
RULING LOVE = strongest love in a person that
dominates his life; the dominant love (also transl. REIGNING LOVE)
RUMINATE = think over; think again
RUMINATORY STOMACH= second stomach of animals that
chew their cud
RUSTIC (n.) = peasant; coarse and unrefined person
(also transl. BOOR)
SACERDOTAL = priestly
SACRIMONY = something sacred; sacrament
SAGACIOUS = mentally sharp; perceptive
SAGACITY OF INGENUITY = intellectual quickness;
sharpness of mind
SALACIOUS= lustful; lecherous
SALACIOUSNESS, SALACITY = lust
SALUTATION = greeting; welcome
SALUTE = greet
SAPID = tasty; savory
SATE = overfill; oversatisfy
SATIETY = fullness; excess
SATURNIAN ERA = age of Saturn (another expression for
the GOLDEN AGE)
SATYR = mythological lecherous beast living in the
woods - half goat, panther or
wolf and half human
SATYRIASIS (pl. SATYRIASES) = excessive
sexual desire in men
SATYRIC = like a Satyr
SAVE (prep.) = except
SAVOUR = partake of; taste of
SCANDAL = stumbling-block
SCIENCE = 1. knowledge; 2. science
SCIENCE OF CORRESPONDENCES= knowledge of
correspondences
SCIENCE OF COGNITIONS = knowledge of concepts
SCIENCE OF REPRESENTATIONS = knowledge of what
things represent
spiritually
SCIENTIFICS (n.) = knowledges; facts; data (especially
derived from the
experience of nature or the study of the Scriptures, also
transl. KNOWLEDGES and MEMORY-KNOWLEDGES)
SCIENTIFIC TRUTHS = 1. facts; factual truths; 2.
truths from the study of nature; 3. truths from the study of the Scriptures
SCINTILLATION = sparkle
SCIONS = branches cut off to be grafted on to another
tree
SCORIA = waste matter left over after refining metal;
slag
SCORTATION = adulterous behavior (called HARLOTRY in
the Bible; also transl. WHOREDOM)
SCORTATORY LOVE = love of adultery; love that is
completely opposite to
marriage love; love that does not regard adultery as a sin
SCORTATORY MARRIAGE = marriage in which the
partners feel free to commit
adultery
SCRUPLE = least detail; doubt
SCRUPULOUS= fussing over every least detail
SCYLLA = rock opposite the mythical whirlpool "Charybdis"
BETWEEN SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS= between two dangerous
alternatives
SECOND HEAVEN = middle of the three heavens (also
called THE SPIRITUAL HEAVEN)
SELFHOOD and SELF-IMAGE (see PROPRIUM)
SEMINARY = nursery; seed-bed
SEMINATE = plant seeds
SENSATE (v.) = sense; experience with the five senses
SENSE = 1. meaning; 2. one of the five senses
SENSE OF THE LETTER = literal meaning of Scriptures
(also referred to as THE LETTER; THE LETTER OF THE WORD
and THE
LITERAL SENSE)
SENSIBLE = noticeable; perceptible
SENSIBLE ANXIETY = noticeable anxiety; feeling of
nervousness
SENSIBLE OF = aware of
SENSIBLY = noticeably; perceptibly
SENSIBILITY = sensitivity
SENSORY = sense organ (each of the five senses is a
"sensory")
COMMON SENSORY = part of the brain where all of the
senses come together
and are experienced
SENSUOUS (adj.) = involving the senses; sensual
EXTERNAL SENSUOUS = physical sensations
SENSUOUS MAN = person who thinks from the evidence
of the senses; the part
of a person that has physical sensations
SENTENTIOUS = thoughtful; wise
SERAGLIO = harem; women's apartments
SERIES = connected sequence; train of thought
CONTINUOUS SERIES = unbroken line or sequence
SEROSITY = watery fluid in the body; secreted serum
SEVERAL PARTS = smallest details
SEVERALLY ACTUATED = individually activated
SEX (n.) = "the sex" refers to the
other sex; the opposite sex
LOVE OF THE SEX = love of the opposite sex
SEXAGONAL = having six angles (also transl. HEXAGONAL)
SHUN = avoid; flee from
SIGNIFICATION = meaning
SIGNIFICATIVE CORRESPONDENT = spiritual meaning of
some natural symbol
which also corresponds to it
SIGNIFICATIVES = things that have a meaning; things
that carry a spiritual
meaning
SIGNIFY = mean (also transl. DENOTE, MEAN - note:
words, things and actions "signify")
SIMILITUDE = similarity; resemblance; compatibility
SIMPLE = single; plain; not mixed; uncomplicated; open
SIMPLE GOOD = people who are straightforward and
honest
SIMPLES (SIMPLE THINGS) = smallest building blocks
of matter
SIMULATE = pretend
SIMULATIONS = false appearances; pretenses
CONJUGIAL SIMULATION = putting on the appearance of
love in marriage
SIMULTANEOUS = existing at the same time or on the
same level
SIMULTANEOUS ORDER = orderly arrangement of things
on the same plane
(for example the arrangement of rooms on the same floor of
a building)
SINCIPUT = upper part of the skull
SINGULARS = details; most minute particulars; single
parts
(also transl. SEVERAL PARTS, used in contrast to UNIVERSALS)
SIREN = temptress; female evil spirit
SKIRT= cloak; mantle; skirt; train
SLOTHFUL = inactive; lazy
SNUFFING = discharging through the nose; blowing the
nose
SOCIETY = group; community (the communities of heaven,
large and small, are called "societies")
SOCINIAN = person who believes in the ideas of Socinus,
who denied the divinity of Christ
SOLEMN = ceremonial; customary; done on a regular
basis
SOLEMN BETROTHAL = engagement ceremony
SOLICITUDE = anxiety
SOMNAMBULIST= night-walker; sleep-walker
SONOROUS = loud; noisy
SOOTHSAYER = 1. wise man; prophet; 2. clown; jester
(also transl.
MOUNTEBANK)
SOPHI = wise men; sages
SOPHISTRY = false kind of reasoning
SORDID = low; ugly; mean; vile
SORDIDLY AVARICIOUS = disgustingly greedy
SOTTISH = thick-headed; stupid
SOUL = inmost part of a person; spirit; essence
SPECIOUS = appearing to be good; plausible
SPECIOUS CLAIM = plausible pretext (but probably
false)
SPECTER (SPECTRE) = vision; ghost (also transl. PHANTOM)
SPHERE = atmosphere; aura; ball
SPHERULE = small sphere; tiny ball
SPINAL MARROW = spinal cord (also transl. SPINAL
MEDULLA)
SPIRIT = 1. person who has died and is now in the
spiritual world, specifically in the World of Spirits; 2. the mind including feelings,
thoughts, memory, etc.
EVIL SPIRIT = evil person after death
GOOD SPIRIT = good person after death
INFERNAL SPIRIT = hellish person; devil
SPIRITUAL (n.) = 1. quality of the spirit; 2. quality
of truth; 3. person who lives on the basis of truth
SPIRITUAL (adj.) = 1. belonging to the spirit (with
special emphasis on the quality of truth in contrast to the "celestial" which is
a quality of goodness and love); 2. not natural; not external; higher level than the natural
SPIRITUAL ANGEL = angel of the spiritual heaven
SPIRITUAL CELESTIAL= heavenly qualities of love
touched by enlightened
understanding; intermediate between the celestial and
spiritual heavens
SPIRITUAL CHURCH = church that mainly emphasizes
truth and charity toward
the neighbor
SPIRITUAL GENIUS = spiritual disposition;
inclination to love truth
SPIRITUAL GOOD= charity; the good of loving the
neighbor based on the truth;
the goodness of living according to the truth
SPIRITUAL HEAVEN = middle of the three heavens
(also called the SECOND
HEAVEN)
SPIRITUAL INFLUX = (a philosophic term that
expresses the idea that spiritual
things flow into natural ones and not the other way
around, also called
OCCASIONAL INFLUX and OPPORTUNE INFLOW; the
opp. of PHYSICAL
INFLUX)
SPIRITUAL KINGDOM = the part of heaven that is
ruled by a love of truth and
love toward the neighbor
SPIRITUAL LOVE = love of the spirit; charity;
mutual love based on a love of
truth
SPIRITUAL MAN = 1. person whose life is based on
the truth; person who lives
from higher principles than merely natural ones; 2. the
intellectual part of a
person
SPIRITUAL-NATURAL = part of the lowest heaven
(which includes angels who
are spiritual-natural, and those who are
celestial-natural. The spiritual-natural are
more intellectual and the celestial-natural more affectional)
SPIRITUAL SENSE = spiritual meaning of Scriptures;
Scriptures as understood
in the spiritual heaven (also called THE INTERNAL SENSE)
SPIRITUAL THINGS = intellectual things; things of
faith and
charity
SPIRITUAL TRUTH = truth about spiritual things;
truth that comes from a spirit of
goodness
SPIRITUAL WORLD = 1. world where people live after
death, including the three
main divisions: heaven, hell and the world of spirits; 2.
inner world of people still
living on earth
SPIRITUOUS= vital; lively; full of spirit; volatile
SPONTANEOUS= free; willing
SPORT= game; play
CONJUGIAL SPORTS = marital love-making
SPURIOUS = false; inappropriate; illegitimate
SPURIOUS CONSCIENCE = false conscience;
inappropriate conscience; conscience about things that do not really
matter
STABILITIES = things that stabilize and make firm
STACTE = Myrrh-oil
STATE = condition; stage of development; frame of mind
STATED TIMES = constant times; fixed intervals of time
STENTORIAN = extremely loud (from "Stentor",
a Greek warrior with a notoriously loud voice)
STERCORACEOUS = dung-like; filthy; excrementitious
STEREOMETRY = solid geometry; three-dimensional
geometry
STIBIUM = antimony; colorful gem (Isaiah 54:11)
STIPULATED CONJUNCTION = agreed upon connection
STOCK = log; stem; trunk of a tree
STORGE (Greek, pronounced "stor-gay") =
love for helpless infants, especially the
love felt for them by their parents (also transl. PARENTAL
LOVE, PARENTAL AFFECTION)
STYGIAN = infernal
STYGIAN WATERS = waters of the river Styx
STYX = mythological river in the underworld that
people had to cross after death
STRIATED = striped
STRIATED RAIN = rain coming in streaks
STRIDOR = harsh grating sound
STUPOR = amazement; awe; being dumbfounded
STUPRATION = seduction; taking away virginity (also
transl. DEBAUCHERY, and DEFLOWERING)
SUB-CELESTIAL EARTH = world below heaven; the world of
spirits (also transl. SUB-HEAVENLY EARTH)
SUBJECT (n.) = a being capable of receiving, thinking
and feeling; recipient
SUBJECT SPIRIT = spirit sent out as a messenger
(also called EMISSARY
SPIRIT)
THE SUBJECT OF TOUCH = skin (the organ of touch)
SUBJOIN = add; append
SUBJUGATE = bring under control
SUBLIMATE = elevate; raise to a higher level
SUBLUNARY = this world; the world under the moon
SUBSIST = persist; endure
SUBSISTENCE = staying in existence
SUBSTANTIATES = substantial things
SUB-TRIPLE = divided by three
SUCCEED = follow one after another (not used to mean
"the opposite of fail")
SUCCESSIVE (adj.) = following in a sequence step by
step from the highest to the lowest
SUCCESSIVE ORDER = orderly sequence from top to
bottom (in a building the
different floors follow in "successive order",
while the different rooms on the same
floor are in "simultaneous order")
SUCCESSIVE STATE = next following condition or
state
SUCCESSIVES = things that follow in a sequence
SUFFER HIMSELF = allow himself
SUFFERANCE = giving in; putting up with
SUMMUM BONUM (L.) = highest good; greatest good
SUN GLASS = magnifying glass used to start fires (also
transl. BURNING GLASS)
SUPERABUNDANCE = surplus (also transl. OVERPLUS)
SUPEREMINENT DOMINION = vastly superior rule
SUPEREMINENT POTENCY = superior power
SUPER-ILLUSTRIOUS SPLENDOR = supremely famous glory
SUPER-MORAL = extremely moral
SUPER-RATIONAL = especially rational
SUPER-REGAL = supremely royal
SUPER-SPIRITUAL = above the spiritual
SUPERINDUCE = put on top of
SUPPLICATE = pray; implore
SUPPLICATION = prayer; entreaty
SUPRALAPSARIAN-PREDESTINARIAN = someone who believes
that God
decided before creation who would go to heaven and who to
hell
SUPREME SENSE = deepest meaning of the Scriptures
(also called THE INMOST SENSE)
SUSTAIN = endure
SWEETMEAT= 1. spice; sauce; flavoring; condiment (L. CONDITURA);
2. pastry; dessert (L. = PASTA SACCHARINA)
SYCOPHANT = informer; flatterer
SYLLOGISM= form of reasoning drawing conclusions from
two premises
SYLLOGISTIC PHILOSOPHY = logic
SYNCRETIST = person who joins together two different
points of view or two different groups of people
SYNCRETISM = union of two different religious
groups
TABERNACLE = tent
TACIT = silent; still
TACIT RESPIRATION = soundless breathing
TACITLY = quietly; noiselessly
TACITURN = silent; saying nothing
TACITURNITY = silence; reticence; not saying
anything at all
TACTILE = tangible; touchable
TARTAREAN SHADES; TARTAREAN DARKNESS = darkness of
hell
TARTARUS = in mythology the sunless region below Hades
where Zeus put the Titans
TARTARY = the vast empire of the Tartars that
extended over eastern Europe and Asia, including Mongolia and China (The eastern and
largest portion of Tartary was called GREAT TARTARY)
TAWDRY = cheap; of little value; vile
TE DEUM LAUDAMUS (L.) = we praise
Thee 0 God
TEMPLE = church; cathedral; place of worship (temple)
TEMPT = try; test; attack (not used to mean
"allure")
TEMPTATION = trial; test; attack; combat (not used
to mean "allurement")
TENACITIES OF OPINIONS = stubbornly held opinions
TENOR = continuous course; progression
TENUITY =
thinness; delicate veil
TERGIVERSATION = rejection; refusal; fickleness
TERMINATE = come to a boundary; come to completion;
reach a limit
TERMINATIONS = boundaries; limits; borders
TERMINUS = limit; boundary
TERTIAN LEADERS = captains
TERRAQUAEOUS GLOBE = the world as consisting of land
and water TERRESTRIAL = earthly
THING = reality
THIRD HEAVEN = highest of the three heavens (also
called THE CELESTIAL
HEAVEN)
THROES= pains; pangs
TIARA = cap; hat without a brim
TIMOROUS = fearful TITHE = give a tenth part
TITILLATE = tickle; stimulate; stroke
TITILLATIONS = tickling; stimulation; sensitive
contacts
TITTLE = smallest mark
TORPID = inactive; numb; dormant; sluggish
TORPOR = numbness; inactivity; listlessness
TORRID = dry; parched (not used to mean
"hot")
TORRID ZONES = the part of the earth around the
equator
TRANSCRIBE = transfer; convey from one person to
another or from one place to another
TRANSCRIPTION = transfer from one person to another
or from one place to
another
TRANSFIGURE = transform; change the form
TRANSFIGURATION = transformation, as when Jesus
appeared to His disciples
in another form (Matthew 17:1-13)
TRANSFLUX = flowing through; flowing throughout
TRANSFUSE = pour into; transfer; transmit
TRANSITORY = temporary; passing through; transient
TRANSIT = passage way
TRANSLATE = carry across; transport; transfer
TRANSLATION = 1. transference; being carried from
one place to another, or
from one world to another; 2. being conveyed from one
language to another
TRANSLUCID = translucent; transparent; allowing light
through
TRANSMIGRATION = passing from one world to another;
moving from one place to another; migration
TRANSMUTE = change into something else; convert into
another substance
TRANSPIRATION = imperceptible transfer; unseen
radiation TRANSUBSTANTIATION = changing from one substance to
another; the Roman Catholic teaching that the bread of the communion is
changed into the actual body of Christ
TRIARCHY = government with three people in charge
TRIPARTITE = in three parts
TRITURATE = grind; thresh; crush with a mortar and
pestle (also transl. BRAY)
TRITURATORY VESSEL = mortar; earthenware bowl
TRUE
(n.) = truth
TRUTH OF GOOD = truth that comes from qualities of
goodness
(also called THE SPIRITUAL OF THE CELESTIAL)
TRUTH OF FAITH = true idea that is part of a person's
faith
TRUTH OF DOCTRINE = true teaching
TSIIM (Hebrew, also TZIIM and ZIIM) =
wild beasts or birds of the desert (Isaiah 34:14)
TUBERCLE = bump; pimple; swelling
TUN = vat; cask; chamber pot
TUTELARY = guarding; protecting
TUTELARY GOD = idol or god that was believed to
care for a city, place, or
person
TYPE = figure; image; symbol
TYPICAL = symbolic; figurative
UBI (L.) = somewhere or other (used together
with the Greek word PU to indicate
"some undefined place")
ULTIMATE (adj.) = last in sequence; the lowest; the
most external; final; the most remote (also transl. OUTMOST; not used to mean
"the greatest")
ULTIMATE EFFECT = physical act
ULTIMATES OF MAN = physical body - especially the
arms, hands, legs and
feet
ULTIMATES OF NATURE = physical matter
ULTIMATE SENSE OF THE WORD = literal meaning of
Scripture
UNANIMITY = oneness; concord; harmony
UNANIMOUS = of one heart; of one mind
UNCREATE (adj.) = not created
THE UNCREATE (n.) = God (also called THE
UNCREATED MAN) UNDERSTANDING (n.) = intellect; ability to
understand (also transl. THE
INTELLECTUAL and DISCERNMENT)
UNDULATION = waving motion
UNDULATORY = rising and falling; moving as if in
waves
UNFAITHFUL = unbelieving; not having faith
UNIVERSAL (adj.) = covering all things; whole;
existing everywhere; entering into all things; general
UNIVERSALS = universal points; general principles
(in contrast to SINGULARS)
UNIVERSAL CHURCH = the Lord's church existing
everywhere and
transcending church organizations
UNIVERSAL HEAVEN = the entire heavens
UNIVERSAL IDEA = general idea; main idea
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE = language known everywhere and
by everybody
such as language in heaven)
UNIVERSAL WORLD = the entire world
UNIVERSALLY = existing in all things; existing
everywhere
UNSHOEING = taking off shoes
UNSWATHE = unwrap
UPBRAIDING (n.) = quarreling; contention
USE = useful activity; job; function
USUFRUCT = use and benefit
VACUITY = empty space; void
VAINGLORY = conceit; pride; "machismo"
VAINGLORIOUS= proud; conceited; "macho"
VAPID WINE = wine that is flat and has lost its flavor
VASTATE = devastate; ruin
VASTATION = devastation; desolation
VENAL = able to be bought for a price; corrupt
VENERY = sex
VENEREAL = involving sex; sexual
VERIEST = deepest; utmost
VERNACULAR = mother tongue; dialect; ordinary speech
VERNAL = spring-like
VERITY = truth
VERTIGO = dizziness
VERTUMNUS (pl. VERTUMNI) = changeable person;
fickle individual
VESICLE = tiny sac; very small air sac in the lungs
VESTAL VIRGIN = one of the virgins dedicated to
keeping the sacred fire of the of the goddess, Vesta
VEXATION = violent movement; agitation; shaking
VICAR = deputy; person who acts for someone else
VILE = cheap; of little value
VINOUS = related to wine
VIOLATION = 1. doing violence to; 2. rape
VIOLATOR = rapist
VIRILE POWERS = sexual potency
VIRTUE = 1. power; 2. goodness; worth; 3. virtue
VIRULENT EXHALATIONS = poisonous fumes
VISCOUS = sticky; thick
VISCIDITIES = thick liquids
VISCUS (pl. VISCERA) = internal organ of the
body
VITIATE = weaken; injure; hurt
VITUPERATE = blame; scold; criticize
VITUPERATION = criticism
VIVIFY = make alive
VIVIFICATION = making alive
VOLUBLE = fluent; rapid
VOLUPTUOUS = pleasurable; enjoyable
THE VOLUPTUOUS= people devoted to pleasure
VOLUNTARY
= ability to love, desire and intend (usually transl. THE WILL; also transl. INTENTIONALITY)
VOLUNTARY PROPRIUM = self-will; sense that one's loves and desires
are one's own
VORACITY = overwhelming appetite
VORTEX = whirlpool; spiral motion
VORTEX-LIKE = like a whirlpool; spiral (also transl. VORTICAL)
VOTIVE = religious; related to a vow
VULGAR = common; ordinary (also transl. PLEBEIAN)
WORD OF THE LORD = the Scriptures as the inspired Word
of God
WORLD OF EVIL SPIRITS = hell
WORLD OF SPIRITS= the world between heaven and hell
where people go afterdeath before going to the one or the other
WORTHILY = suitably; in a proper way
ZEAL= eagerness; competitiveness;
strong interest
ZEALOT= religious fanatic
ZEALOUS= full of zeal; eager, competitive
ZELOTYPIA (L.)= love of protecting something precious (also transl.
JEALOUSY)
ZIIM (Hebrew, also TZIIM and TSIIM) =
wild beasts or birds of the desert (Isaiah 34:14)
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