Quick Definition
ὄναρ, ατος, τό n.indcl. a dream
Strong's Definition
of uncertain derivation; a dream
KJV Usage: dream
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n.
33.486 · Communication · Non-Verbal Communication
dream a dream as a means of communication In a number of languages there are different terms for ‘dream’ depending upon the nature of the dream. A frightening dream without special significance or a dream with erotic implications may be referred to by terms which are quite different from a term referring to a dream which carries important meaning, in other words, a dream which constitutes a type of vision or symbol of some reality.
MAT 1:20 · MAT 2:12 · MAT 2:13 · MAT 2:19 · MAT 2:22 · MAT 27:19
1 The meaning of ὄναρ and ἐνύπνιον could be classified as a psychological state, but their direct connection with communication seems to justify their being included in this domain.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὄναρ, τό, (an indecl. noun, used only in the nom. and acc. sing.; the other cases are taken from dvepés), [fr. Hom. down], a dream: κατ᾽ ὄναρ, in a dream, Mt. i. 20; ii. 12 sq. 19, 22; xxvii. 19, a later Greek phrase, for which Attic writ. used ὄναρ without κατά [q. v. 11. 2]; see Lob. ad Phryn. p. 422 sqq.; [Photius, Lex. p. 149, 25 sq. ].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὄναρ onar 6x
a dream, Mt. 1:20; 2:12, 13, 19, 22; 27:19*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ὄναρ, τό, indecl., used only in nom, and acc. sing. (the other cases are supplied by ὄνειρος), a dream: κατ’ ὄ. (in later writers only), in a dream, Mt 1:20 2:12, 13, 19, 22 27:19.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὄναρ. The phrase κατ᾽ ὄναρ which is found for the Attic ὄναρ sexies in Mt, is condemned by Photius (Zex. p. 149, 25 f.) as βάρβαρον παντελῶς : cf. Lob. Phryn. p. 422 ff. It occurs not infrequently in votive inscrr. but with the meaning ‘‘in consequence of a dream,’ and not ‘‘in a dream,” e.g. Sy// 780 (= 8 1147) (ii/iii A.D.) Οὔλπιοι ΝΝείκανδρος καὶ Σωτήptos “Yyela Σωτ[είζρῃ Συνοδοι[πόρ]ῳ κατ᾽ ὄναρ: see also Deissmann .5.5, p. 253. A new literary ex. of the word occurs in Herodas 1. 11 οὐδ᾽ ὄναρ: cf. Cic. ad «424. i. 18. 6.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὄναρ (onar) — dream. 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+]; ἄκουε δὴ ὄ. ἀντὶ ὀνείρατος dream for dream, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε μηδὲ ὄ. ἰδεῖν, of profound sleep, [Refs] 'you are telling me what I know already', [Refs]
2. proverbial of anything fleeting or unreal, ὀλιγοχρόνιον.. ὥσπερ ὄ. [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὄ. ἡμερόφαντον ἀλαίνει, of an old man, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. in Trag. and Attic dialect frequently as adverb, in a dream, in sleep, ὄ. γὰρ ὑμᾶς νῦν Κλυταιμνήστρα καλῶ [Refs]; ὄ. διώκεις θῆρα[Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; also οὐδ᾽ ὄ. not even in a dream, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μηδ᾽ ἰδὼν ὄ. not even in my dreams, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 11; κατ᾽ ὄναρ in a dream, condemned by [NT+2nd c.AD+]: with sense, in consequence of a dream, in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]