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חֲלוֹם H2472

H2472 is the Hebrew word חֲלוֹם, transliterated chălôwm and said khal-ome'. The King James Version most often renders it dream.

Word: חֲלוֹםTransliteration: chălôwmSaid: khal-ome'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 51 verses

What it means

a dream.

Where it comes from

or (shortened) חֲלֹם; from H2492 (חָלַם).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 59 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

dream 37×dreams 15×pray you this dream 1×dreamer 1×according to his dream 1×neither by dreams 1×nor by dreams 1×behold it was a dream 1×nor to your dreamers 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: dream(-er).

Verses using חֲלוֹם

The first 40 of 51 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 20:3 · KJV

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.

Genesis 20:6 · KJV

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.

Genesis 31:10 · KJV

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.

Genesis 31:11 · KJV

And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

Genesis 31:24 · KJV

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.

Genesis 37:5 · KJV

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

Genesis 37:6 · KJV

And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

Genesis 37:8 · KJV

And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

Genesis 37:9 · KJV

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.

Genesis 37:10 · KJV

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?

Genesis 37:19 · KJV

And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

Genesis 40:5 · KJV

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.

Genesis 40:8 · KJV

And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

Genesis 40:9 · KJV

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

Genesis 40:16 · KJV

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

Genesis 41:8 · KJV

And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:11 · KJV

And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

Genesis 41:12 · KJV

And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

Genesis 41:15 · KJV

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

Genesis 41:17 · KJV

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

Genesis 41:22 · KJV

And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

Genesis 41:25 · KJV

And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Genesis 41:26 · KJV

The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

Genesis 41:32 · KJV

And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

Genesis 42:9 · KJV

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

Deuteronomy 13:1 · KJV

If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,

Deuteronomy 13:3 · KJV

Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 13:5 · KJV

And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

Judges 7:13 · KJV

And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

Judges 7:15 · KJV

And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

1 Samuel 28:6 · KJV

And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

1 Samuel 28:15 · KJV

And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

1 Kings 3:5 · KJV

In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

1 Kings 3:15 · KJV

And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

Job 7:14 · KJV

Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

Job 20:8 · KJV

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

Job 33:15 · KJV

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

Psalm 73:20 · KJV

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

Ecclesiastes 5:3 · KJV

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.

Ecclesiastes 5:7 · KJV

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2472 mean?

H2472 is the Hebrew word חֲלוֹם (chălôwm), meaning a dream.

How is H2472 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it dream (37 times), dreams (15 times), pray you this dream (1 time), dreamer (1 time), according to his dream (1 time), among others.

How many times does H2472 appear in the Bible?

חֲלוֹם (chălôwm) is tagged in 51 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2472 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or (shortened) חֲלֹם; from H2492 (חָלַם).

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