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dream

Meaning of “dream”

Sense 1: Thoughts, images, or visions experienced in sleep. Sense 2: To experience images or thoughts in sleep, especially a vision in a dream.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
74 occurrences61 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 20:3

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Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 20:3 · retained source text

But God came to Abimelech in a dreame by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken: for shee is a mans wife.

1611 marginal noteHeb. married to an husband.

Genesis 20:6
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 20:6 · retained source text

And God saide vnto him in a dreame, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integritie of thy heart: for I also withheld thee from sinning against mee, therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

Genesis 31:10
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 31:10 · retained source text

And it came to passe at the time that the cattell conceiued, that I lifted vp mine eyes and saw in a dreame, and behold, the rammes which leaped vpon the cattell were ring-straked, speckled and grisled.

1611 marginal noteOr, hee goates.

Genesis 31:11
And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 31:11 · retained source text

And the Angel of God spake vnto me in a dreame, saying, Iacob; And I said, Here am I.

Genesis 31:24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 31:24 · retained source text

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dreame by night, and saide vnto him, Take heed that thou speake not to Iacob either good or bad.

1611 marginal noteHebr. from good to bad.

Genesis 37:5
¶ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 37:5 · retained source text

¶ And Ioseph dreamed a dreame, and he told it his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.

Genesis 37:6
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 37:6 · retained source text

And he said vnto them, Heare, I pray you, this dreame which I haue dreamed.

Genesis 37:9
¶ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 37:9 · retained source text

¶ And hee dreamed yet another dreame, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I haue dreamed a dreame more: and behold, the sunne and the moone, and the eleuen starres made obeisance to me.

Genesis 37:10
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 37:10 · retained source text

And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said vnto him, What is this dreame that thou hast dreamed? shal I, and thy mother, and thy brethren indeed come to bow downe our selues to thee, to the earth?

Genesis 40:5
¶ And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 40:5 · retained source text

¶ And they dreamed a dreame both of them, each man his dreame in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dreame, the Butler and the Baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

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To see in a dream; to dream a dream.

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