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Lexicon :: Strong's H2472 - ḥălôm

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חֲלוֹם
Transliteration
ḥălôm
Pronunciation
khal-ome'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 663a

Strong’s Definitions

חֲלוֹם chălôwm, khal-ome'; or (shortened) חֲלֹם chălôm; from H2492; a dream:—dream(-er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x

The KJV translates Strong's H2472 in the following manner: dream (64x), dreamer (with H1167) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x
The KJV translates Strong's H2472 in the following manner: dream (64x), dreamer (with H1167) (1x).

  1. dream

    1. dream (ordinary)

    2. dream (with prophetic meaning)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲלוֹם chălôwm, khal-ome'; or (shortened) חֲלֹם chălôm; from H2492; a dream:—dream(-er).
STRONGS H2472: Abbreviations
† חֲלוֺם noun masculineGenesis 37:10 dream; — ת׳ absolute Genesis 37:5 +, construct Genesis 20:3, חֲלֹם absolute Genesis 20:6, construct Genesis 31:24; suffix חֲלוֺמִי Genesis 40:9, 16, חֲלֹמִי Genesis 41:17, 22, חֲלֹמוֺ Genesis 40:5 + 5 times; plural חֲלֹמוֺת Jeremiah 23:32 + 10 times etc., + 7 times suffix — dream
1. ordinary dream of sleep Job 7:14; Job 20:8; Psalm 73:20; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Ecclesiastes 5:6; Isaiah 29:7.
2. dreams with prophetic meaning, the lowest grade of prophecy (see BrMP 6):
a. dream of Abimelek Genesis 20:3, 6, of Jacob Genesis 31:10, 11, Laban Genesis 31:24, Joseph Genesis 37:5, 6, 8, 9 (twice in verse); Genesis 37:10, 19, 20; Genesis 42:9, Pharaoh and his servants Genesis 40:5 (3 times in verse); Genesis 40:8, 9 (twice in verse); Genesis 40:16; Genesis 41:7, 8, 11 (twice in verse); Genesis 41:12 (twice in verse); Genesis 41:15 (twice in verse); Genesis 41:17, 22, 25, 26, 32; of a lower order of prophets than Moses Numbers 12:6, (all E, not elsewhere in Hexateuch), Job 33:15, of Midianite Judges 7:13 (twice in verse); Judges 7:15, desired by Saul 1 Samuel 28:6, 15; of Solomon 1 Kings 3:5,15; of old men in latter days Joel 3:1, of Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 2:1, 2, 3 (twice in verse); Daniel הֵבִין בְּכָלחָֿזוֺן וַחֲלֹמוֺת Daniel 1:17 had understanding in all visions and dreams.
b. of false prophets Deuteronomy 13:2; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 13:6; Jeremiah 23:27, 28 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 23:32; Jeremiah 27:9; Jeremiah 29:8; Zechariah 10:2.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2493.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:3; 20:3; 20:6; 20:6; 31:10; 31:11; 31:24; 31:24; 37:5; 37:5; 37:6; 37:8; 37:9; 37:10; 37:10; 37:19; 37:20; 40:5; 40:5; 40:8; 40:9; 40:9; 40:16; 40:16; 41:7; 41:8; 41:11; 41:12; 41:15; 41:17; 41:17; 41:22; 41:22; 41:25; 41:26; 41:32; 42:9

Numbers

12:6

Deuteronomy

13:2; 13:4; 13:6

Judges

7:13; 7:15

1 Samuel

28:6; 28:15

Job

7:14; 20:8; 33:15

Psalms

73:20

Ecclesiastes

5:2; 5:6

Song of Songs

1

Isaiah

29:7

Jeremiah

23:27; 23:28; 23:32; 23:32; 27:9; 29:8

Daniel

1:17; 2:1; 2:2; 2:3

Joel

3:1

Zechariah

10:2

H2472

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2472 matches the Hebrew חֲלוֹם (ḥălôm),
which occurs 64 times in 54 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 20:3–Dan 2:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man’s wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - In the breeding season of the flock I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream that the goats that mated with the flock were striped, spotted, and mottled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:11 - Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:24 - But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:5 - Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:8 - His brothers said to him, “Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:19 - They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits.[fn] Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - And one night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:9 - So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph and said to him, “In my dream there was a vine before me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 - When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - And the thin ears swallowed up the seven plump, full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:8 - So in the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was none who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:11 - we dreamed on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:12 - A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. When we told him, he interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation to each man according to his dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15 - And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, in my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22 - I also saw in my dream seven ears growing on one stalk, full and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:25 - Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26 - The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:32 - And the doubling of Pharaoh’s dream means that the thing is fixed by God, and God will shortly bring it about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. And he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:6 - And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:1 - “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has taught rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, to make you leave the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil[fn] from your midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade. And he said, “Behold, I dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:15 - As soon as Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped. And he returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Arise, for the LORD has given the host of Midian into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:6 - And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:15 - Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul answered, “I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:5 - At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15 - And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:14 - then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:8 - He will fly away like a dream and not be found;
he will be chased away like a vision of the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:15 - In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men,
while they slumber on their beds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:3 - For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7 - For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity;[fn] but[fn] God is the one you must fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:7 - And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,
all that fight against her and her stronghold and distress her,
shall be like a dream, a vision of the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:27 - who think to make my people forget my name by their dreams that they tell one another, even as their fathers forgot my name for Baal?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the LORD, and who tell them and lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when I did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9 - So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your fortune-tellers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:8 - For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:17 - As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:1 - In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his spirit was troubled, and his sleep left him.

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