Strong’s H2472 · Hebrew
חֲלוֹם
chălôwm
khal-ome'
Definition
a dream
Etymology
or (shortened) חֲלֹם; from H2492 (חָלַם);
Where the KJV renders it
- dream(-er)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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