GRAVE (STONE)
Biblical dream symbol meaning
How grave (stone) appeared in your dream
Standing before a stone grave or tombstone in your dream — The grave symbolizes death and the finality of mortality, reminding you that death is a sure and certain thing that comes to all people.
Exodus 14:11Job 33:22-30Job 38:17Psalm 89:48Proverbs 30:15b-16a
Descending into a dark grave or being trapped underground in darkness — The grave represents darkness and despair, symbolizing a state of spiritual or emotional darkness where hope seems absent.
Psalm 88:6
Weeping at a grave or experiencing deep sorrow near a burial place — The grave symbolizes grief and mourning, reflecting profound loss and the human experience of suffering when loved ones are taken from us.
Genesis 50:102 Samuel 3:32John 11:31
Witnessing proud or arrogant people brought down to the grave with their possessions — The grave levels pride and humbles the arrogant, showing that no amount of earthly pomp or status can protect anyone from death and the grave.
Isaiah 14:11
Rising triumphantly from a grave or witnessing resurrection power over death — The grave represents victory over death through Christ's resurrection power, demonstrating that death has been conquered and no longer has final authority.
1 Corinthians 15:55-57
Seeing something valuable buried or hidden in the earth near graves — The grave may symbolize buried potential or talents that have been suppressed or hidden away, waiting to be discovered and brought to light.
Dreaming of graves or tombs associated with ancient traditions, ancestral burial grounds, or old cultural practices that still influence the present — The grave symbolizes old traditions and cultural reserves that hold influence from past generations, representing patterns, customs, or demonic influences from the past that continue to affect present circumstances and may need to be broken or released.
Proverbs 1:12Isaiah 14:11
Seeing people emerging from graves or tombs after a resurrection event, walking into populated areas and appearing to others — The grave represents the releasing of those held captive by death, symbolizing the resurrection power of Christ that liberates and restores life, enabling those who were dead to re-enter life and ministry among the living as witnesses of resurrection power.
Matthew 27:53
Dreaming of the grave opening its mouth to swallow people alive and whole, consuming them into the pit — The grave symbolizes the destructive appetite of death and hell that seeks to consume people prematurely and completely, representing the voracious nature of evil forces that attempt to destroy lives suddenly and entirely before their time.
Proverbs 1:12
Possible biblical meanings
Death (Exodus 14:11; Job 33:22-30; Job 38:17)·Darkness (Psalm 88:6)·Grief (Genesis 50:10; 2 Samuel 3:32; John 11:31)·A sure thing (Psalm 89:48; Proverbs 30:15b-16a)·Levels pride (Isaiah 14:11)·Victory (1 Corinthians 15:55-57)
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