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חָלַם H2492

H2492 is the Hebrew word חָלַם, transliterated châlam and said khaw-lam'. The King James Version most often renders it dreamed.

Word: חָלַםTransliteration: châlamSaid: khaw-lam'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 22 verses

What it means

properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 25 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

dreamed 14×or that dreamer 2×behold i have dreamed 1×hast dreamed 1×or a dreamer 1×behold i dreamed 1×good liking 1×man dreameth 1×dreameth 1×wilt thou recover 1×dream 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (cause to) dream(-er), be in good liking, recover.

Verses using חָלַם

All 22 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 28:12 · KJV

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Genesis 37:5 · KJV

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

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 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 41:1 · KJV

And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

Genesis 41:5 · KJV

And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

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 41:15 · 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 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.

Job 39:4 · KJV

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

Isaiah 29:8 · KJV

It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

Isaiah 38:16 · KJV

O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

Jeremiah 23:25 · KJV

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

Daniel 2:1 · KJV

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

Daniel 2:3 · KJV

And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

Joel 2:28 · KJV

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

Common questions

What does Strong's H2492 mean?

H2492 is the Hebrew word חָלַם (châlam), meaning properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream.

How is H2492 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it dreamed (14 times), or that dreamer (2 times), behold i have dreamed (1 time), hast dreamed (1 time), or a dreamer (1 time), among others.

How many times does H2492 appear in the Bible?

חָלַם (châlam) is tagged in 22 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2492 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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