Dream
ἐνύπνιονStrong’s G1798enupnion
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Enupnion is the Greek word usually translated “dreams”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:”
Meaning
Usually translated “dreams”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- dreams 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἐνύπνιον enupnion · dream
ἐνύπνιον, -ου, τό (ὕπνος), [in LXX chiefly for חֲלוֹם ;] a dream: pl., Act.2:17.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dream” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DREAM, noun
[G.]
- The thought or series of thoughts of a person in sleep.
- In scripture, dreams were sometimes impressions on the minds of sleeping persons, made by divine agency. Genesis 20:3Matthew 2:12
- A vain fancy; a wild conceit; an unfounded suspicion.
All definitions and other forms of “dream”
DREAM, verb intransitive
preterit tense dreamed or dreamt. [G.]
- To have ideas or images in the mind, in the state of sleep; with of before a noun; as, to dream of a battle; to dream of an absent friend.
- To think; to imagine; as, he little dreamed of his approaching fate.
- To think idly.
- To be sluggish; to waste time in vain thoughts; as, to dream away life.
DREAM, verb transitive
To see in a dream
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.