Dream
ὄναρStrong’s G3677onar
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Onar is the Greek word usually translated “dream”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.”
Meaning
Usually translated “dream”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a dream 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 6
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Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 2:12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
- Matthew 2:13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
- Matthew 2:19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
- Matthew 2:22But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
- Matthew 27:19When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Greek dictionary
ὄναρ onar · dream
ὄναρ, τό indecl., used only in nom, and accusative sing. (the other cases are supplied by ὄνειρος), a dream: κατ᾽ ὄ. (in later writers only), in a dream, Mat.1:20 2:12-13, 19 2:22 27:19.† (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.