chelem · dream

What it means

chelem (חֵלֶם) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “dream”.

(Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "chalom".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What one sees asleep, above all the dreams God gives the king or Daniel.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• dream ×21
• dreams ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Daniel 2:4

  And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”

• Daniel 2:5

  The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be made into pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill.

• Daniel 2:6

  But if you declare the dream and its interpretation, gifts and a reward and great honor you will receive from before me. Therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation.”

• Daniel 2:7

  They answered a second time and said, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare its interpretation.”

• Daniel 2:9

  that if you do not make known to me the dream, there is one law for you; and a lying word and corrupt you have agreed to speak before me until the time changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can declare to me its interpretation.”

• Daniel 2:26

  The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream that I saw and its interpretation?”

• Daniel 2:28

  But there is an Elah in the heavens who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the last days. Your dream and the visions of your head on your bed are these:

• Daniel 2:36

  This is the dream, and its interpretation we will tell before the king.

• Daniel 2:45

  Inasmuch as you saw that from the mountain a stone was cut out, not by hands, and it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, a great Elah has made known to the king what will be after this. And the dream is certain, and its interpretation trustworthy.”

• Daniel 4:5

  I saw a dream, and it made me afraid; and the imaginings on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

• Daniel 4:6

  And from me a decree was made to bring in before me all the wise men of Babylon, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

• Daniel 4:7

  Then there came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners; and the dream I told before them, but its interpretation they did not make known to me.

• Daniel 4:8

  And at last Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and the dream I told before him:

• Daniel 4:9

  “Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and no mystery is too hard for you, tell the visions of my dream that I saw and its interpretation.

• Daniel 4:18

  This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. And you, Belteshazzar, tell the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

• Daniel 4:19

  Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was appalled for about a moment, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream and its interpretation trouble you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your adversaries!

• Daniel 5:12

  because an extraordinary spirit and knowledge and insight for interpreting dreams and declaring riddles and loosening knots were found in him, in Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.”

• Daniel 7:1

  In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head on his bed; then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

And 4 more times.