Vision
מַחֲזֶהStrong’s H4236machazeh (ma-cha-zeh)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Machazeh is the Hebrew word usually translated “vision of” and “vision”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.”
Meaning
- Vision (in the ecstatic state)
How it's translated
- vision of 2
- in the vision 1
- a vision of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 2
- Genesis 1
- Ezekiel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 24:4He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
- Numbers 24:16He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
- Ezekiel 13:7Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
Hebrew dictionary
מַחֲזֶה machazeh · vision
vision (in the ecstatic state)
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.