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Dream, Dreamer

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: ὄναρ

(Strong's #3677 — Noun Neuter — onar — on'-ar )

is "a vision in sleep," in distinction from a waking vision, Matthew 1:20; 2:12,13,19,22; 27:19 .

A — 2: ἐνύπνιον

(Strong's #1798 — Noun Neuter — enupnion — en-oop'-nee-on )

is, lit., "what appears in sleep" (en, "in," hupnos, "sleep"), an ordinary "dream," Acts 2:17 . For synonymous nouns, see VISION.

B — 1: ἐνυπνιάζομαι

(Strong's #1797 — Verb — enupniazo — en-oop-nee-ad'-zom-ahee )

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.

Bibliography Information
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.
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