H2384 — חִזָּיוֹן (chizzayon)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H2384
Original: חִזָּיוֹן
Transliteration: chizzâyôwn
Pronunciation: khiz-zaw-yone'
Part of Speech: Masculine noun
Root: חָזָה (chazah, H2372) — to gaze, perceive, behold in vision
Occurrences: 10 in OT (tagged); parallel at 1 Chr 17:15 = 2 Sam 7:17
First Occurrence: 2 Sam 7:17 — "According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

A revelation, expectation (specifically) by dream; a vision — typically a night-vision. Formed with the intensive/nominalizing -ôwn suffix on the root חזה (chazah). Distinguished from its more common cognate חָזוֹן (chazon, H2377) by its narrower semantic field: chizzayon leans toward dream-visions, night-visions, and the frightening/ecstatic mode of revelation, rather than the prophet's formal oracle.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Count	%
of vision	2	20.0%
vision	1	10.0%
from the visions	1	10.0%
through visions	1	10.0%
as a vision	1	10.0%
in a vision	1	10.0%
visions	1	10.0%
of his vision	1	10.0%
and (in compound rendering)	1	10.0%

Every occurrence is rendered with "vision(s)" (aside from one case where the second tagged instance is absorbed into the connecting "and" of "dreams and... visions"). The English is monolithic; the Hebrew nuance (dream-vision vs. prophetic oracle) is not distinguished in KJV.

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Job	5	0.47
Isaiah	2	0.15
2 Samuel	1	0.14
Joel	1	1.37
Zechariah	1	0.47

Patterns: Concentrated in Job (50% of all occurrences), where it consistently refers to night-visions accompanying dreams and deep sleep. Unlike its cognate chazon (H2377) — which saturates Daniel, Ezekiel, and the prophets — chizzayon is absent from Daniel and the major prophetic corpora except for two special uses in Isaiah ("valley of vision," 22:1, 5) and Joel's eschatological outpouring (2:28). The word belongs to the vocabulary of experiential, dream-mediated revelation rather than the formal prophetic oracle.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Night-Vision / Dream-Vision¶

The dominant Joban use: revelation granted during sleep, deep sleep, or dreams. Paired repeatedly with חֲלוֹם (chalom, "dream") and לַיְלָה (laylah, "night"). - Job 4:13 — "In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men" (Eliphaz's terrifying encounter) - Job 7:14 — "Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions" - Job 20:8 — "He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night" - Job 33:15 — "In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed" (Elihu on God's methods of speaking)

2. Formal Prophetic Revelation¶

A single occurrence in which chizzayon stands in for the content of Nathan's divinely-received word to David — here functionally equivalent to chazon. - 2 Sam 7:17 — "According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David" (the Davidic covenant oracle)

3. Eschatological Outpouring¶

Paired with dreams and prophesying in the Day-of-the-Lord promise of the Spirit. - Joel 2:28 — "your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions" (quoted by Peter at Pentecost, Acts 2:17, with the LXX form)

4. Geographic/Symbolic Designation¶

A place-name phrase, "valley of vision" — a symbolic designation for Jerusalem as the city of revelation now facing judgment. - Isa 22:1 — "The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?" - Isa 22:5 — "a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity... in the valley of vision"

5. Discredited Prophetic Vision¶

A single occurrence describing the false prophets' shame over their discredited visions in the messianic cleansing. - Zec 13:4 — "the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
חֲלוֹם (chalom)	H2472	4x	"dream" — vision paired with dream (Job 7:14; 20:8; 33:15; Joel 2:28)
לַיְלָה (laylah)	H3915	3x	"night" — "vision of the night" (Job 4:13; 20:8; 33:15)
תַּרְדֵּמָה (tardemah)	H8639	2x	"deep sleep" — vision comes when deep sleep falls (Job 4:13; 33:15)
גַּיְא (gay')	H1516	2x	"valley" — the "valley of vision" (Isa 22:1, 5)
נָבָא / נָבִיא (naba/nabi)	H5012/H5030	2x	prophesying / prophets paired with vision (Joel 2:28; Zec 13:4)
דָּבָר (dabar)	H1697	1x	"word" — vision paired with word (2 Sam 7:17)
רוּחַ (ruach)	H7307	1x	"spirit" — poured-out Spirit producing visions (Joel 2:28)

Word Family / Cognates (Root חזה)¶

H2372 חָזָה (chazah) — root verb: to gaze, perceive, behold in vision (55x)
H2374 חֹזֶה (chozeh) — seer, one who sees visions (17x)
H2376 חֵזֵו (chezev) — sight, vision (Aramaic, used in Daniel) (12x)
H2377 חָזוֹן (chazon) — prophetic vision, revelation (35x)
H2378 חָזוֹת (chazoth) — vision, revelation (1x)
H2380 חָזוּת (chazuth) — vision, striking appearance (6x)
H2384 חִזָּיוֹן (chizzayon) — vision, revelation by dream (10x)
H4236 מַחֲזֶה (machazeh) — vision (4x)

Synonyms¶

H2472 חֲלוֹם (chălôwm) — dream; the closest synonym surfaced by search_relationships.py, matching chizzayon's strong sleep/dream register in Job and Joel.

Antonyms¶

No antonyms returned by search_relationships.py for H2384.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
חָזוֹן (chazon)	H2377	"vision" (~35x)	chazon = broad prophetic revelation, often book-titles (Isa, Obad, Nah); chizzayon = narrower, leans to dream/night-vision
חֲלוֹם (chalom)	H2472	(dream, paired)	chalom = dream as mental experience during sleep; chizzayon = the revelatory content/form seen within the dream
מַרְאֶה (mar'eh)	H4758	"vision" (12x)	mar'eh = visual appearance, what is outwardly seen; chizzayon = inward revelatory perception in sleep
מַרְאָה (mar'ah)	H4759	"vision" (10x)	mar'ah = visual experience, mirror-like; chizzayon = dream-mediated revelation
חֵזֵו (chezev)	H2376	"vision" (11x)	chezev = Aramaic cognate, used for Daniel's night-visions in Aramaic chapters — closest semantic parallel
מַחֲזֶה (machazeh)	H4236	"vision" (4x)	machazeh = the act of seeing (Balaam, Gen 15:1); chizzayon = the specifically dream-located vision

Semantic Domains¶

Code	Domain Label	Notes
002004002015	Vision	Core domain for revelatory sight, especially dream-vision and nocturnal disclosure.
003001008	Names of Landforms	Secondary/domain-spillover association caused by Isaiah's "valley of vision" usage, not the noun's primary sense but a real contextual cluster in the dataset.

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Count	Notes
ἐνύπνιον (enypnion) G1798	3x	"dream" — highlights the sleep/dream context (top PMI score)
ὅρασις (horasis) G3706	3x	"vision" — standard Greek equivalent when the prophetic aspect is foregrounded
(periphrastic / other)	—	Remaining occurrences use prepositional phrases (ἐπί, ἐν) or paraphrase

The split between enypnion (dream) and horasis (vision) reflects the dual register of chizzayon: the LXX translators themselves recognized two distinct emphases — the sleep-located dream-vision (Job) and the formal prophetic vision (Zech, Joel). For Joel 2:28, the LXX uses ὅρασις, which Acts 2:17 then quotes.