The word in Scripture

Dream in the Bible

The word dream appears 74 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A dream can be the way God speaks and guides. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What dream means in the Bible

A dream can be the way God speaks and guides.

Where the word dream appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word dream appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;”Genesis 40:9

“And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.”Genesis 41:11

“As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.”Psalms 73:20

“When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.”Psalms 126:1

“And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.”Isaiah 29:7

“The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 23:28

“And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.”Matthew 2:12

“When 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.”Matthew 27:19