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BLACK

Biblical dream symbol meaning

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Dreaming of complete darkness or black sky surrounding youBiblical symbolism of darkness represents a state without God's light or spiritual life, indicating a season of spiritual emptiness or separation from divine presence.

Seeing black shadows, dark figures, or blackness creeping over the landIn biblical dreams, black symbolizes wickedness, sin, and deceitful practices that operate in hidden or deceptive ways, warning against evil influences.

Dreaming of blackened earth, scorched ground, or burned landscapeBiblical imagery of blackness through burning represents devastation, judgment, or the consequences of sin and disobedience in your spiritual life.

Seeing black clouds, dark heavens, or blackness covering the skyBlackness in biblical dreams symbolizes famine, loss, deprivation, or times of spiritual and physical scarcity when provision seems absent.

Experiencing blackest darkness, bottomless black void, or impenetrable black shadowsIn biblical interpretation, the deepest blackness represents hell, death, perdition, and eternal darkness reserved for those separated from God's light.

Dreaming of wearing black garments or surroundings becoming blackBiblical symbolism of black clothing or surroundings relates to mourning, death, grief, and the unclean state of spiritual contamination by sin.

Seeing blackness overwhelming light, darkness swallowing brightness, or black clouds extinguishing illuminationBiblical symbolism of blackness overwhelming light represents a curse or claim of darkness over what was once illuminated, indicating spiritual territory being overtaken by shadow and the aggressive advance of demonic forces seeking to extinguish God's presence.

Dreaming of wild black waves, foaming dark waters, or turbulent blackness in the seaIn biblical interpretation, wild waves of blackness represent shameful and uncontrolled spiritual rebellion, symbolizing those who are untamed in their wickedness and destined for eternal blackest darkness as wandering stars without fixed purpose in God.

Seeing the sky clothed in blackness, heaven covered with dark sackcloth, or celestial blackness as a garmentBiblical imagery of the sky being clothed with darkness represents God's sovereign act of judgment and mourning over sin, where He Himself covers the heavens with blackness as sackcloth to express divine grief and impending judgment.

Possible biblical meanings

Without light or life (; )·Wicked (; ; )·Sin ()·Deceitful ()·Mourning (; )·Dead or unclean (; )·Burned ()·Famine ()·Hell ()·Death ()

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