חֲלוֹם
chălôwm · khal-ome'
a dream
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) חֲלֹם; from H2492 (חָלַם);
a dream
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dream(-er).
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲלוֹם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
65 occurrences · 65 OT · 0 NT · 49 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a dream11 · 21%
- in a dream5 · 9%
- of dreams4 · 8%
- dreams4 · 8%
- the dream3 · 6%
- unto him in a dream2 · 4%
- his dream2 · 4%
- of his dream2 · 4%
- and, behold, it was a dream2 · 4%
- in my dream2 · 4%
- as a dream2 · 4%
- unto me in a dream1 · 2%
- i pray you, this dream1 · 2%
- for his dreams1 · 2%
- dream1 · 2%
- unto him, what is this dream1 · 2%
- dreamer1 · 2%
- what will become of his dreams1 · 2%
- to him, in my dream1 · 2%
- was in my dream1 · 2%
- them his dream1 · 2%
- to us our dreams1 · 2%
- according to his dream1 · 2%
- and for that the dream1 · 2%
- the dreams1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.