Strong G3677ὄναρ
dream
- Transliteration
- onar
- Pronunciation
- on'-ar
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; a dream: - dream.
Detailed definition
ὄναρ, τό
indecl., used only in nom, and accusative sing. (the other cases are supplied by ὄνειρος), a dream: κατ᾽ ὄ. (in later writers only), in a dream, Mat.1:20 2:12-13, 19 2:22 27:19.†
(AS)
indecl., used only in nom, and accusative sing. (the other cases are supplied by ὄνειρος), a dream: κατ᾽ ὄ. (in later writers only), in a dream, Mat.1:20 2:12-13, 19 2:22 27:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3677 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dream6
First verses
- Matthew 1:20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
- Matthew 2:12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
- Matthew 2:13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
- Matthew 2:19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
- Matthew 2:22But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
- Matthew 27:19When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὄνᾰρ, τό,
used only in nominative and accusative singular, the other cases being supplied by ὄνειρος (which see):— dream, vision in sleep, opposed to a waking vision, οὐκ ὄ., ἀλλ᾽ ὕπαρ ἐσθλόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.547, compare 20.90; ἡλίῳ δείκνυσι τοὔναρ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 425; εἶδον ὄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1090)]; ἄκουε δὴ ὄ. ἀντὶ ὀνείρατος dream for dream, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 201d)]; ὥστε μηδὲ ὄ. ἰδεῖν, of profound sleep, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ap.” 40d: proverbial, τὸ ἐμόν γ᾽ ἐμοὶ λέγεις ὄ.)] 'you are telling me what I know already', [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 563d, compare 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see {ταὐτὸν πέπονθα} compare (ὄνειρος 1, ὄνειαρ II).)]
2 proverbial of anything fleeting or unreal, ὀλιγοχρόνιον.. ὥσπερ ὄ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1020; σε παρέρχεται ὡς ὄ. ἥβη 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.8; πόθος δέ μοι ὡς ὄ. ἔπτα 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.58: in Prose, ἡ ἐμὴ [σοφία].., ὥσπερ ὄ. οὖσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 175e, compare “Men.” 85c; ὡς ὄ. ἐλευθερίας ὁρῶντας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 32; and without ὡς, σκιᾶς ὄ. ἄνθρωπος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.95)]; ὄ. ἡμερόφαντον ἀλαίνει, of an old man, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 82 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II in Trag. and Attic dialect frequently as adverb, in a dream, in sleep, ὄ. γὰρ ὑμᾶς νῦν Κλυταιμνήστρα καλῶ [Refs ([prev. author] “Eu.” 116)]; ὄ. διώκεις θῆρα[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 131; ὄ. πνεύσαντα νυκτός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 65: frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, ὄ. ἐπλουτήσαμεν “Tht.” 208b; ὄ. ὀνείρατα διηγεῖσθαι [prev. work] 158c)], etc.; also οὐδ᾽ ὄ. not even in a dream, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 107, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.11; πολιτικὸς ἀνὴρ οὐδ᾽ ὄ. 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 1.18.6)]; μηδ᾽ ἰδὼν ὄ. not even in my dreams, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 518, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173d, 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 4.18; ἃ μηδ᾽ ὄ. ἤλπισαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.275: hence frequently opposed to ὕπαρ, see.{ὕπαρ})] 11; κατ᾽ ὄναρ in a dream, condemned by [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 395, but quoted by him from Polemo, is also found in NT.Matt.1.20, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 47(23).21)]: with sense, in consequence of a dream, in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“SIG” 1147 (Crete, 2nd-3rd c.AD), “Supp.epigram” 2.405 (from Macedonia).)]
used only in nominative and accusative singular, the other cases being supplied by ὄνειρος (which see):— dream, vision in sleep, opposed to a waking vision, οὐκ ὄ., ἀλλ᾽ ὕπαρ ἐσθλόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.547, compare 20.90; ἡλίῳ δείκνυσι τοὔναρ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 425; εἶδον ὄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1090)]; ἄκουε δὴ ὄ. ἀντὶ ὀνείρατος dream for dream, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 201d)]; ὥστε μηδὲ ὄ. ἰδεῖν, of profound sleep, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ap.” 40d: proverbial, τὸ ἐμόν γ᾽ ἐμοὶ λέγεις ὄ.)] 'you are telling me what I know already', [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 563d, compare 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see {ταὐτὸν πέπονθα} compare (ὄνειρος 1, ὄνειαρ II).)]
2 proverbial of anything fleeting or unreal, ὀλιγοχρόνιον.. ὥσπερ ὄ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1020; σε παρέρχεται ὡς ὄ. ἥβη 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.8; πόθος δέ μοι ὡς ὄ. ἔπτα 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.58: in Prose, ἡ ἐμὴ [σοφία].., ὥσπερ ὄ. οὖσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 175e, compare “Men.” 85c; ὡς ὄ. ἐλευθερίας ὁρῶντας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 32; and without ὡς, σκιᾶς ὄ. ἄνθρωπος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.95)]; ὄ. ἡμερόφαντον ἀλαίνει, of an old man, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 82 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II in Trag. and Attic dialect frequently as adverb, in a dream, in sleep, ὄ. γὰρ ὑμᾶς νῦν Κλυταιμνήστρα καλῶ [Refs ([prev. author] “Eu.” 116)]; ὄ. διώκεις θῆρα[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 131; ὄ. πνεύσαντα νυκτός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 65: frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, ὄ. ἐπλουτήσαμεν “Tht.” 208b; ὄ. ὀνείρατα διηγεῖσθαι [prev. work] 158c)], etc.; also οὐδ᾽ ὄ. not even in a dream, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 107, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.11; πολιτικὸς ἀνὴρ οὐδ᾽ ὄ. 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 1.18.6)]; μηδ᾽ ἰδὼν ὄ. not even in my dreams, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 518, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173d, 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 4.18; ἃ μηδ᾽ ὄ. ἤλπισαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.275: hence frequently opposed to ὕπαρ, see.{ὕπαρ})] 11; κατ᾽ ὄναρ in a dream, condemned by [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 395, but quoted by him from Polemo, is also found in NT.Matt.1.20, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 47(23).21)]: with sense, in consequence of a dream, in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“SIG” 1147 (Crete, 2nd-3rd c.AD), “Supp.epigram” 2.405 (from Macedonia).)]