King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2472
Transliteration: chalom
Phonetic Spelling: (khal-ome')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a dream
Meaning: a dream
Word Summary
chalom: a dream
Original Word: חֲלוֹםTransliteration: chalom
Phonetic Spelling: (khal-ome')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a dream
Meaning: a dream
Strong's Concordance
dreamer Or (shortened) chalom {khal-ome'}; from chalam; a dream -- dream(-er).
see HEBREW chalam
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2472. chalom
חֲלוֺם noun masculineGenesis 37:10 dream; — ׳ת absolute 37:5 +, construct 20:3, חֲלֹם absolute 20:6, construct 31:24; suffix חֲלוֺמִי 40:9, 16, חֲלֹמִי 41:17, 22, חֲלֹמוֺ 40:5 5t.; plural חֲלֹמוֺת Jeremiah 23:32 10t. etc., + 7 t. suffix — dream
1 ordinary dream of sleep Job 7:14; 20:8; Psalm 73:20; Ecclesiastes 5:2; 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 31:10-11, Laban 31:24, Joseph 37:5-6, 8, 9 (twice in verse); 37:10, 19, 20; 42:9, Pharaoh and his servants 40:5 (3 t. in verse); 40:8-9, (twice in verse); 40:16; 41:7-8, 11 (twice in verse); 41:12 (twice in verse); 41:15 (twice in verse); 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); 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 וַחֲלֹמוֺת בְּכָלחָֿזוֺן הֵבִין 1:17 had understanding in all visions and dreams.
b. of false prophets Deuteronomy 13:2; 13:4; 13:6; Jeremiah 23:27-28, (twice in verse); 23:32; 27:9; 29:8; Zechariah 10:2.