Midvash

חִזָּיוֹןchizzâyôwn

vision

Pronunciation: khiz-zaw-yone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2384

Meanings

1. vision, in the ecstatic state (Joel 3:1; Isaiah 22:1; Isaiah 22:5)

2. vision, in the night (Job 4:13; Job 20:8; Job 33:15)

3. divine communication in a vision, oracle, prophecy (2 Samuel 7:17; 1 Chronicles 17:15; Zechariah 13:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 7:17 So Nathan went back to David and told him everything the Lord had said in this vision.
  • Job 4:13 It came to me in a disturbing vision at night, when people are in a deep sleep.
  • Job 7:14 but then you shatter me with dreams and terrify me with visions.
  • Job 20:8 They will fade like a dream and not be found. They will vanish like a vision in the night.
  • Job 33:15 He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds.
  • Isaiah 22:1 This message came to me concerning Jerusalem—the Valley of Vision: What is happening? Why is everyone running to the rooftops?
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).