ἐνύπνιον, ἐνυπνίου, τό (ἐν and ὕπνος, what appears in sleep; from Aeschylus down), a dream (Latininsomnium), a vision which presents itself to one in sleep: Act_2:17, on which passage see ἐνυπνιάζω. (the Sept. for ηΒμεν.)

ἐνύπνιον enypnion 1x a dream; in NT a supernatural suggestion or impression received during sleep, a sleep-vision, Act_2:17

ἐνύπνιον , -ου , τό ( < ὕπνος ), [in LXX chiefly for H2472 ;] a dream: pl ., Act_2:17 .†

ἐνύπνιον [page 220] This common LXX word (cf. Act_2:17 ) may be illustrated by two passages from the Paris Papyri, both belonging to ii/B.C., P Par 44 .5 (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 82) ἐγὼ γὰρ ἐνύπνια ὁρῶ πονηρά , 47 .30 ( c. B.C. 153) (= Selections , p. 23) ἀποπεπτώκαμεν πλανόμενοι ὑπὸ τῶν θεῶν καὶ πιστεύοντες τὰ ἐνύπνια , we have fallen from hope, being deceived by the gods and trusting in dreams : cf. the heading of P Leid C (B.C. 163 2) τὸ ἐνύπ [ν ]ειον ὃ [εἶ ]δεν Τάγης . From the inscrr. we may cite Syll 802 .36 (iii/B.C.) where the lame and the blind became whole ἐνύπνιον ἰδόν [τας μό ]νον (ἐνύπνιον = ὄψις ), and Preisigke 685 (ii/B.C.) ἐνύπνια κρίνω , τοῦ θεοῦ πρόσταγμα ἔχων , τύχ᾽ ἀγαθᾶι .

ἐνύπνιον ἐν-ύπνιον, ου, τό, (n e)n-upni os_ou neut ) [Etym: ὕπνος] "a thing seen in sleep", ἐνύπνιον ἦλθεν ὄνειρος a dream or vision "in sleep" came to me, Od. :—hence as adv., ἐνύπνιον ἑστιᾶσθαι "to feast with the Barmecide," Ar. simply "a dream", Hdt. , attic

ἐνύπνιον, -ου, τό (ὕπνος), [in LXX chiefly for חֲלוֹם ;] a dream: pl., Act.2:17.† (AS)