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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 33 times in 26 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - But that night God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are a dead man, for that woman you have taken is already married!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - In the dream God responded, “Yes, I know you are innocent. That’s why I kept you from sinning against me, and why I did not let you touch her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:10 - “One time during the mating season, I had a dream and saw that the male goats mating with the females were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:11 - Then in my dream, the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Yes, here I am.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:24 - But the previous night God had appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and told him, “I’m warning you—leave Jacob alone!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:5 - One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:8 - His brothers responded, “So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - Soon Joseph had another dream, and again he told his brothers about it. “Listen, I have had another dream,” he said. “The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - This time he told the dream to his father as well as to his brothers, but his father scolded him. “What kind of dream is that?” he asked. “Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow to the ground before you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:19 - “Here comes the dreamer!” they said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - “Come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns. We can tell our father, ‘A wild animal has eaten him.’ Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - While they were in prison, Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - And they replied, “We both had dreams last night, but no one can tell us what they mean.”
“Interpreting dreams is God’s business,” Joseph replied. “Go ahead and tell me your dreams.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:9 - So the chief cup-bearer told Joseph his dream first. “In my dream,” he said, “I saw a grapevine in front of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 - When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given the first dream such a positive interpretation, he said to Joseph, “I had a dream, too. In my dream there were three baskets of white pastries stacked on my head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:7 - And these thin heads swallowed up the seven plump, well-formed heads! Then Pharaoh woke up again and realized it was a dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:8 - The next morning Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. When Pharaoh told them his dreams, not one of them could tell him what they meant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:11 - One night the chief baker and I each had a dream, and each dream had its own meaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:12 - There was a young Hebrew man with us in the prison who was a slave of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he told us what each of our dreams meant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream last night, and no one here can tell me what it means. But I have heard that when you hear about a dream you can interpret it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - So Pharaoh told Joseph his dream. “In my dream,” he said, “I was standing on the bank of the Nile River,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22 - “Then I fell asleep again, and I had another dream. This time I saw seven heads of grain, full and beautiful, growing on a single stalk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:25 - Joseph responded, “Both of Pharaoh’s dreams mean the same thing. God is telling Pharaoh in advance what he is about to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26 - The seven healthy cows and the seven healthy heads of grain both represent seven years of prosperity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:32 - As for having two similar dreams, it means that these events have been decreed by God, and he will soon make them happen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - And he remembered the dreams he’d had about them many years before. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”
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