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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Dream, Dreamer
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is "a vision in sleep," in distinction from a waking vision, Matthew 1:20; 2:12,13,19,22; 27:19 .
is, lit., "what appears in sleep" (en, "in," hupnos, "sleep"), an ordinary "dream," Acts 2:17 . For synonymous nouns, see VISION.
akin to A, No. 2, is used in Acts 2:17 , in the Passive Voice, in a phrase (according to the most authentic mss.) which means "shall be given up to dream by dreams," translated "shall dream dreams;" metaphorically in Jude 1:8 , of being given over to sensuous "dreamings," RV, AV, "dreamers," and so defiling the flesh.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Dream, Dreamer'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/dream-dreamer.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Dream, Dreamer'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/dream-dreamer.html. 1940.
