Hearing God's Voice in DreamsA–Z symbolsDog in a dream
Biblical meaning from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa
Also: Dogs
What it means
A friend (if the dog belongs to you in the dream); in a positive context a living dog signifies hope.
If you dream of a dog but don't feel right about it — a person close to you who is a bad influence.
In a negative context: hopelessness, uncleanliness, an unbeliever; also means whoring.
✦ When it is positive
- A friend or close companion
- Hope (a living dog is better than a dead lion — Ecclesiastes 9:4)
⚠ When it is a warning
- A person close to you who is a bad influence
- Hopelessness (Mephibosheth calling himself a dead dog)
- Uncleanliness — an unbeliever (unclean on the inside and outside like a dog without divided hoofs or cud-chewing)
- Whoring
How to tell the difference
The feeling in the dream is the key — does the dog feel like yours and positive, or does something feel wrong about it?
Scripture
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 (WEB)
He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”
2 Samuel 9:8 (WEB)
“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Matthew 7:6 (WEB)
See also: Leviticus 11