Vision
חִזָּיוֹןStrong’s H2384chizzavon (chiz-za-von)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chizzavon is the Hebrew word usually translated “vision”, “from visions of” and “from visions”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:”
Meaning
- Visionvision (in the ecstatic state) · vision (in the night) · vision, oracle, prophecy (in divine communication)
How it's translated
- vision 2
- the vision 1
- from visions of 1
- and from visions 1
- like a vision of 1
- a vision of 1
- visions 1
- from vision his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 4
- Isaiah 2
- 2 Samuel 1
- Joel 1
- Zechariah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 7:17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
- Job 4:13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
- Job 7:14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
- Job 20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
- Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
- Isaiah 22:1The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
Hebrew dictionary
חִזָּיוֹן chizzavon · vision
1) vision 1a) vision (in the ecstatic state) 1a1) valley of vision (perhaps fig. of Jerusalem or Hinnom) 1b) vision (in the night) 1c) vision, oracle, prophecy (in divine communication)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “vision” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VI'SION, noun
s as z. [Latin visio, from video, visus.]
- The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.
- The faculty of seeing; sight. vision is far more perfect and acute in some animals than in man.
- Something imagined to be seen, though not real; a phantom; a specter.
- In Scripture, a revelation from God; an appearance or exhibition of something supernaturally presented to the minds of the prophets, by which they were informed of future events.
All definitions
- Something imaginary; the production of fancy.
- Any thing which is the object of sight.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.