Chalam חָלַם

Chalam (Hebrew חָלַם, Strong's H2492) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to dream”. It occurs 29 times in 25 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H2492B: to dream

H2492A: be healthy

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Dreams and visions

Verses

Every verse with Chalam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 28:12
  And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
• Genesis 37:5
  And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
• Genesis 37:6
  And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
• Genesis 37:9
  And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
• Genesis 37:10
  And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
• Genesis 40:5
  And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
• Genesis 40:8
  And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
• Genesis 41:1
  And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
• Genesis 41:5
  And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
• Genesis 41:11
  And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.
• Genesis 41:15
  And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
• Genesis 42:9
  And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 13:1
  If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
• Deuteronomy 13:3
  Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Deuteronomy 13:5
  And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Judges

• Judges 7:13
  And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”

Job

• Job 39:4
  Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

Psalms

• Psalm 126:1
  When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 29:8
  It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
• Isaiah 38:16
  O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 23:25
  I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
• Jeremiah 29:8
  For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.

Daniel

• Daniel 2:1
  And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
• Daniel 2:3
  And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”

Joel

• Joel 2:28
  And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).