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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2472

חֲלוֹם

chalomkhal-ome'

dream

65 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: chălôwm

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2472is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 14 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 49
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2472

a dream

The King James renders it: dream(-er).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

chalom is rendered "dream". It stands 65 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.

  • Thirty-four of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 20:3One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
  • The Greek text spells it forty-nine different ways.

The first use

One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

Genesis 20:3בַּחֲל֣וֹם

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Thirty-four of the word's sixty-five uses are in Genesis.

The other 25 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • a dream15
  • the dream8
  • in a dream6
  • dream his4
  • in dream my4
  • dreams3
  • dreams his3
  • like a dream3
  • by the dreams2
  • dream2
  • dreams your2
  • the dreams2

and 11 more, 65 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

חֲלוֹףchalophdestructionUses1
חֲלוּשָׁהchalushahweaknessUses1

All 65, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

49 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • חֲל֣וֹם5
  • חֲל֑וֹם3
  • בַּחֲל֣וֹם2
  • בַּחֲל֖וֹם2
  • הַחֲל֥וֹם2
  • הַחֲל֛וֹם2
  • הַחֲל֖וֹם2
  • חֲל֔וֹם2
  • חֲלוֹם֙2
  • חֲל֖וֹם2
  • חֲלֹמ֖וֹ2
  • חֲלֹמֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם2

and 37 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular17HNcmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular9HR/Ncmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular8HTd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4HR/Ncmsc/Sp1bs
  • noun · feminine plural3HNcfpa
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcfpc/Sp3ms
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural2HNcfpc/Sp2mp
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural2HRd/Ncfpa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural2HTd/Ncfpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Ncfpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfpc

Genesis

thirty-four uses
  • One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

    Genesis 20:3

    • בַּחֲל֣וֹםbachalompreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in a dream
  • Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

    Genesis 20:6

    • בַּחֲלֹ֗םbachalompreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in a dream
  • When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.

    Genesis 31:10

    • בַּחֲל֑וֹםbachalompreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in a dream
  • In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’

    Genesis 31:11

    • בַּחֲל֖וֹםbachalompreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in a dream
  • But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

    Genesis 31:24

    • בַּחֲלֹ֣םbachalompreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in dream of
  • Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

    Genesis 37:5

    • חֲל֔וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
  • He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

    Genesis 37:6

    • הַחֲל֥וֹםhachalomthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dream
  • “Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.

    Genesis 37:8

    • חֲלֹמֹתָ֖יוchalomotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: dreams his
  • Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

    Genesis 37:9

    • חֲל֣וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
    • חֲלוֹם֙chalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
  • He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

    Genesis 37:10

    • הַחֲל֥וֹםhachalomthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dream
  • “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.

    Genesis 37:19

    • הַחֲלֹמ֥וֹתhachalomotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the dreams
  • “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

    Genesis 37:20

    • חֲלֹמֹתָֽיו׃chalomotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: dreams his
  • both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

    Genesis 40:5

    • חֲל֨וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
    • חֲלֹמוֹ֙chalomonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: own dream his
    • חֲלֹמ֑וֹchalomonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: dream his
  • “We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

    Genesis 40:8

    • חֲל֣וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
  • So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,

    Genesis 40:9

    • חֲלֹמ֖וֹchalomonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: dream his
    • בַּחֲלוֹמִ֕יbachalomipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in dream my
  • When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

    Genesis 40:16

    • בַּחֲלוֹמִ֔יbachalomipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in dream my
  • And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.

    Genesis 41:7

    • חֲלֽוֹם׃chalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
  • In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

    Genesis 41:8

    • חֲלֹמ֔וֹchalomonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: dream his
  • One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.

    Genesis 41:11

    • חֲל֛וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
    • חֲלֹמ֖וֹchalomonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: dream his
  • Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.

    Genesis 41:12

    • חֲלֹמֹתֵ֑ינוּchalomoteinunoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: dreams our
    • כַּחֲלֹמ֖וֹkachalomopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to dream his
  • Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”

    Genesis 41:15

    • חֲל֣וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
    • חֲל֖וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
  • Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,

    Genesis 41:17

    • בַּחֲלֹמִ֕יbachalomipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in dream my
  • In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.

    Genesis 41:22

    • בַּחֲלֹמִ֑יbachalomipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in dream my
  • At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

    Genesis 41:25

    • חֲל֥וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dream of
  • The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.

    Genesis 41:26

    • חֲל֖וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: dream
  • Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.

    Genesis 41:32

    • הַחֲל֛וֹםhachalomthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dream
  • Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

    Genesis 42:9

    • הַחֲלֹמ֔וֹתhachalomotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the dreams

Numbers

one use
  • He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.

    Numbers 12:6

    • בַּחֲל֖וֹםbachalompreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: by the a dream

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,

    Deuteronomy 13:1

    • חֲל֑וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
  • you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

    Deuteronomy 13:3

    • הַחֲל֖וֹםhachalomthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dream
  • Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.

    Deuteronomy 13:5

    • הַחֲל֨וֹםhachalomthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dream

Judges

three uses
  • And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”

    Judges 7:13

    • חֲל֑וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
    • חֲל֣וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
  • When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”

    Judges 7:15

    • הַחֲל֛וֹםhachalomthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dream

1 Samuel

two uses
  • He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.

    1 Samuel 28:6

    • בַּחֲלֹמ֛וֹתbachalomotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: by the dreams
  • Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”

    1 Samuel 28:15

    • בַּ֣חֲלֹמ֔וֹתbachalomotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: by the dreams

1 Kings

two uses
  • One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

    1 Kings 3:5

    • בַּחֲל֣וֹםbachalompreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in a dream
  • Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.

    1 Kings 3:15

    • חֲל֑וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream

Job

three uses
  • then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,

    Job 7:14

    • בַחֲלֹמ֑וֹתvachalomotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: by dreams
  • He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

    Job 20:8

    • כַּחֲל֣וֹםkachalompreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a dream
  • In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

    Job 33:15

    • בַּחֲל֤וֹם׀bachalompreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in a dream

Psalms

one use
  • Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.

    Psalms 73:20

    • כַּחֲל֥וֹםkachalompreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a dream

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

    Ecclesiastes 5:3

    • הַחֲל֖וֹםhachalomthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dream
  • For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

    Ecclesiastes 5:7

    • חֲלֹמוֹת֙chalomotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: dreams

Isaiah

one use
  • All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,

    Isaiah 29:7

    • כַּֽחֲלוֹם֙kachalompreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a dream

Jeremiah

six uses
  • They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.

    Jeremiah 23:27

    • בַּחֲל֣וֹמֹתָ֔םbachalomotampreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by dreams their
  • Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 23:28

    • חֲלוֹם֙chalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
    • חֲל֔וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: dream
  • “Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 23:32

    • חֲלֹמ֥וֹתchalomotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of dreams of
  • But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’

    Jeremiah 27:9

    • חֲלֹמֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םchalomoteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: dreams your
  • For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.

    Jeremiah 29:8

    • חֲלֹמֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םchalomoteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: dreams your

Daniel

five uses
  • To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

    Daniel 1:17

    • וַחֲלֹמֽוֹת׃vachalomotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and dreams
  • In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.

    Daniel 2:1

    • חֲלֹמ֑וֹתchalomotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: dreams
  • So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,

    Daniel 2:2

    • חֲלֹמֹתָ֑יוchalomotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: dreams his
  • he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”

    Daniel 2:3

    • חֲל֣וֹםchalomnoun · masculine singulartagged: a dream
    • הַחֲלֽוֹם׃hachalomthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the dream

Joel

one use
  • And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

    Joel 2:28

    • חֲלֹמ֣וֹתchalomotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: dreams

Zechariah

one use
  • For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

    Zechariah 10:2

    • וַֽחֲלֹמוֹת֙vachalomotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and dreams of

The letters

Gematria 84· 644 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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