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What Does “Dream” Mean in the Bible?
In the King James Bible, “Dream” means “subconscious imagery” in modern English. It is an archaic word from the 1611 KJV that has dropped out of everyday use.
What Was Lost
The divine sender. In scripture, certain dreams were not produced by the sleeper's brain but sent by God -- they carried information the dreamer could not have known. Joseph's dreams predicted the future. Daniel's dreams revealed empires. These were not subconscious processing but divine broadcasts received during sleep.
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