Bones in a dream

Biblical meaning from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa

Also: Framework of body, Dry bones, Bone

What it means

Lifelessness, hopelessness and despair.

What has been lost; dryness.

Can these bones live? The valley of dry bones was not a picture of what was finished but of what God intended to raise.

✦ When it is positive

Bone of my bone, representing oneness, a shared life, and a life partner
Dry bones being joined and raised, representing restoration of what looked finished

⚠ When it is a warning

Absence of life
No hope
A hard situation
A broken spirit that drieth the bones

How to tell the difference

Note the CONDITION of the bones — dry, broken, joined, clothed with flesh. Bones in Scripture move from death toward resurrection, so a dream of bones is rarely a final verdict. Note also whether breath or wind enters them.

Scripture

The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”
Genesis 2:23 (WEB)

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 (WEB)

¹The LORD’s hand was on me, and he brought me out in the LORD’s Spirit, and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. ²He caused me to pass by them all around; and behold, there were very many in the open valley, and behold, they were very dry. ³He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I answered, “Lord GOD, you know.” ⁴Again he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, ‘You dry bones, hear the LORD’s word.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 (WEB)