Mental pictures used by God to convey messages or reveal future events. They are normally received in private by individuals who are often prophets.

Genesis 46:2-4

God speaks to individuals in visions

See also

Genesis 15:1
1 Samuel 3:10-15
Acts 9:10-12; 10:3-6; 11:5-12; 16:9-10; 18:9-10; 26:12-19
Daniel 8:17-19

Visions may reveal future events

See also

Daniel 7:15-18,23-27
Amos 7:7-9
Luke 1:11-22
Revelation 22:6
Zechariah 1:8

Visions may contain unusual or startling images

See also

Ezekiel 1:4-28
Daniel 4:10-17; 7:2-15; 8:2-14
Revelation 1:12-16; 4:1-11; 9:17
Numbers 12:6

Visions received by prophets

See also

Isaiah 6:1-4
Jeremiah 1:11-16
Ezekiel 1:1
Hosea 12:10
Amos 7:1-9
2 Chronicles 32:32

Visions recorded by prophets

See also

2 Chronicles 9:29
Isaiah 1:1
Daniel 7:1; 8:1
Obadiah 1:1
Micah 1:1
Nahum 1:1
Ezekiel 13:6-9

False visions associated with lying prophets

See also

1 Kings 22:10-28
Jeremiah 14:14; 23:16
Lamentations 2:14

pp 2Ch 18:9-27

Ezekiel 22:28
Zechariah 10:2
1 Samuel 3:1

God may withhold visions

See also

Lamentations 2:9
Ezekiel 7:26
Micah 3:6
Acts 2:17

Visions associated with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit

See also

Joel 2:28

See also

1403 God, revelation
1409 dream
1429 prophecy, OT fulfilment
1432 prophecy in NT
1439 revelation
1466 vision
3257 Holy Spirit, gift of
4627 creatures
6694 mystery
7730 explanation
7772 prophets
9130 future, the