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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.

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 20:3

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Psalms 126:1
WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 126:1 · retained source text

¶ When the LORD turned againe the captiuitie of Zion: wee were like them that dreame.

Ecclesiastes 5:3
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:3 · retained source text

For a dreame commeth through the multitude of businesse, and a fooles voyce is knowen by multitude of words.

Isaiah 29:7
¶ And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 29:7 · retained source text

¶ And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, euen all that fight against her and her munition, and that distresse her, shalbe as a dreame of a night vision.

Jeremiah 23:28
The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 23:28 · retained source text

The prophet that hath a dreame, let him tell a dreame; and hee that hath my word, let him speake my word faithfully: what is the chaffe to the wheat, sayth the LORD?

1611 marginal noteHeb. with whom is.

Daniel 2:3
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 2:3 · retained source text

And the King said vnto them, I haue dreamed a dreame, and my spirit was troubled to know the dreame.

Daniel 2:4
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 2:4 · retained source text

Then spake the Caldeans to the King in Syriacke; O king, liue for euer: tell thy seruants the dreame, and we will shew the interpretation.

1611 marginal noteDan. 3.9.

Daniel 2:5
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 2:5 · retained source text

The King answered, and said to the Caldeans, The thing is gone from mee: if ye will not make knowen vnto me the dreame, with the interpretation thereof, yee shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shalbe made a dunghill.

1611 marginal noteCald. made pieces.

1611 marginal noteDan. 3.29.

Daniel 2:6
But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 2:6 · retained source text

But if yee shewe the dreame, and the interpretation thereof, yee shall receiue of me giftes and rewards, and great honour: therefore shewe me the dreame, and the interpretation thereof.

1611 marginal noteOr, Fee, Dan.5.17.

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Historical definitions

To see in a dream; to dream a dream.

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