Steam in a dream

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

Also: Vapor, Vapour, Boiling steam, Mist rising

What it means

Vanity; what soon disappears; hopelessness and distraction.

God's control over nature — He draws up the drops of water which distil as rain.

Life is a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away. Steam pictures the brevity of what seems substantial.

✦ When it is positive

God's creative power and control over the elements

⚠ When it is a warning

Vanity and emptiness
Distraction
Smoke rising as of a great furnace, representing what is demonic

How to tell the difference

Distinguish steam that rises and vanishes (vanity, brevity) from smoke that darkens the air (judgment or the demonic — see Smoke). Note whether the steam obscures the dreamer's sight.

Scripture

For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,
Job 36:27 (WEB)

lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy wind, fulfilling his word,
Psalm 148:8 (WEB)

Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
James 4:14 (WEB)

He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.
Revelation 9:2 (WEB)