Vision
מַרְאָהStrong’s H4759marah (mar-ah)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Marah is the Hebrew word usually translated “vision”, “visions of” and “mirrors of”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.”
Meaning
- Visionmode of revelation
- Mirror
How it's translated
- the vision 4
- in visions of 3
- with mirrors of 1
- by vision 1
- visions of 1
- and visions 1
- on the vision 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 4
- Daniel 3
- Genesis 1
- Exodus 1
- Numbers 1
- 1 Samuel 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 10:8In contextTherefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
- Daniel 10:16In contextAnd, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
- Genesis 46:2And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
- Exodus 38:8And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Numbers 12:6And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
- 1 Samuel 3:15And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
Hebrew dictionary
מַרְאָה marah · vision
1) vision 1a) mode of revelation
מַרְאָה marah · mirror
mirror
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.