How many dreams and visons are in the bible?

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How many dreams and visons are in the bible?

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Does anyone know how many dreams are in the bible from Gen To Rev?
And the same question is asked about visions... How many visions are in the bible?
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giviningthanks,

:shock: you're really going to make us put our work in aren't you?

I'm not sure but this is a good question, because researching this could really sturr up the gift in us all.

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Genesis 20 dream Abimelech
Genesis 28 dream Jacob
Genesis 31 dream Jacob
Genesis 31 dream Laban
Genesis 37 dream Joseph
Genesis 37 dream Joseph
Genesis 40 dream chief Butler
Genesis 40 dream chief Baker
Genesis 41 dream Pharaoh
Genesis 41 dream Pharaoh
Numbers 12 dream reference
Deuteronomy 13 dream reference
Judges 7 dream Midian soldier
1 Kings 3 dream Solomon
Job 7 dream Job
Eccl 5 dream reference
Jeremiah 23 dream reference
Daniel 2 dream Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel 4 dream Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel 7 dream Daniel
Joel 2 dream reference
Matthew 1 dream Joseph
Matthew 2 dream wise men
Matthew 2 dream Joseph
Matthew 27 dream wife of Pilate
Acts 2 dream reference

So for dreams there are 27 - 6 dream references = 21 dreams

Genesis 15 vision Abram
Genesis 46 vision Israel/Jacob
Numbers 12 vision reference
1 Samuel 3 vision Samuel
2 Samuel 7 vision Nathan
1 Chronicles 17 vision Nathan
Job 4 vision Eliphaz
Job 7 vision Job
Job 33 vision reference
Psalm 89 vision David
Isaiah 1 vision Isaiah
Isaiah 2 vision Isaiah
Isaiah 6 vision Isaiah
Isaiah 21 vision Isaiah
Ezekiel 1 vision Ezekiel
Ezekiel 8 vision Ezekiel
Ezekiel 11 vision Ezekiel
Ezekiel 40 vision Ezekiel
Ezekiel 43 vision Ezekiel
Daniel 2 vision Daniel
Daniel 4 vision Daniel
Daniel 7 vision Daniel
Daniel 7 vision Daniel
Daniel 8 vision Daniel
Daniel 10 vision Daniel
Joel 2 vision reference
Amos 7 vision Amos
Amos 7 vision Amos
Amos 7 vision Amos
Amos 8 vision Amos
Obadiah 1 vision Obadiah
Habakkuk 2 vision Habakkuk
Zechariah 1 vision Zechariah
Zechariah 1 vision Zechariah
Zechariah 2 vision Zechariah
Zechariah 3 vision Zechariah
Zechariah 4 vision Zechariah
Zechariah 5 vision Zechariah
Zechariah 5 vision Zechariah
Zechariah 6 vision Zechariah
Matthew 17 vision mt of transfiguration
Luke 1 vision Zachariah
Luke 24 vision disciples
Acts 2 vision reference
Acts 9 vision Ananias
Acts 9 vision Saul
Acts 10 vision Peter
Acts 16 vision Paul
Acts 18 vision Paul
Revelation 1 vision John

So for visions there are 50 - 3 vision references = 47 visions

This counts direct usage of the word dream or vision. This doesn't even begin to count the visions where the wording in the Bible is simply "I saw..." where the word dream or vision is not used. So the count could be much higher.

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Post by givingthanks »

Thank you Brian

I have spent hours trying to come up with these numbers..... I am doing an indept study on dreams & visions.

But what I was looking for was exactly what you gave me......

Thanks again!!!

Even Abraham Lincoln had some numbers like: There are 15 or 16 chapters in the O.T. referring to dreams... He likened it to about 4 books in the Gospel... He was very dream wise....
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go to the Bible Gateway site http://www.biblegateway.com and type in the keyword dream or vision to get a listing that I weeded through to get that first list. Great tool.

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I believe that approximately 1/3 of the Bible is based/linked to dreams/visions/trances.